Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2022-12-01
Books mentioned on Ray Kurzweil Wants To Put Nanobots In Our Bloodstream
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil and Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near is a prominent techno-futurist book exploring the merging of humans and artificial intelligence and the technological singularity.
Discussed“you had a book back in 2005 the singularity is near”
Where to get it
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Singularity Is Nearer
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“I was honored for you to have shared with me the manuscript of your next book for a book not coming out until 2023 uh and with you had an audacious title for it the the singularity is is is nearer”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The age of spiritual machines
“in 1999 when I wrote The Age of spiritual machines I predicted that we would pass the Turing test by 2029”
Passing Singularity Is Nearer
“and it's the singularity is nearer”