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Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-09-17

Lex Fridman & Ray Kurzweil: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #321

#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality

3 books · With Ray Kurzweil · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist.

Lex Fridman discussed The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil, Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil, and Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine by Ray Kurzweil.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Singularity Is Near

    Ray Kurzweil · at 0:38

    The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil is a futurist exploration of technology, artificial intelligence, and the coming point where human intelligence will merge with machine capability.

    Discussed
    “eighteen years ago in the book singularity is near he predicted that the onset of the singularity will happen in the year 2045.”
    Lex Fridman #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 0:38
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  2. Singularity Is Nearer

    Ray Kurzweil · at 41:34 · mentioned 2 times

    Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil is a forward-looking technological treatise that explores the imminent approach of the technological singularity, arguing that exponential advancements in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and computing will radically transform human existence.

    Discussed
    “uh and uh one of the themes outside of just discussing the increasing exponential growth of technology one of the themes is that things are getting better in all aspects of life”
    Lex Fridman #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 41:34
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  3. Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine

    Ray Kurzweil · at 1:08:11

    Discussed
    “in danielle one of your books you write about someone who has the courage to question assumptions that limit human imagination to solve problems”
    Lex Fridman #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 1:08:11
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The age of spiritual machines
“i made this in 1999 and my book the age of spiritual machines”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 2:02
Plugged The age of spiritual machines
“I made this prediction in 1999 in my book 'The Age of Spiritual Machines', right?”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 2:10
Plugged The age of intelligent machines
“because i remember my first book the age of intelligent machines”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 15:42
Plugged The age of intelligent machines
“Because I remember my first book, 'The Age of Intelligent Machines,' there was no way to get information from computers.”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 15:49
Plugged How to Create a Mind
“and the neocortex which i described in how to create a mind the neocortex is actually”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 17:21
Plugged How to Create a Mind
“So if it would connect to your neocortex—and the neocortex, which I described in 'How to Create a Mind,' has different levels—it’s kind of like a pyramid.”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 17:40
Plugged Singularity Is Nearer
“um but i show in this book that's coming out the amount of people that are working even as a percentage of the population has gone way up”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 40:27
Plugged Singularity Is Nearer
“But I show in this book that's coming out that the amount of people working, even as a percentage of the population, has gone way up.”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 40:37
Plugged The Singularity Is Near
“However, in 'Singularity Is Near', I present two analyses of the Drake equation, using reasonable assumptions.”
Speaker #321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality 2022-09-17 Listen at 1:19:56
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