THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will
transform our species beyond recognition within two decades. 'The best person I know at
predicting the future of AI' BILL GATES 'Essential reading to understand our exponential
times' MUSTAFA SULEYMAN 'Fascinating . . . raises the most profound philosophical questions'
YUVAL NOAH HARARI What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we
become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? What new realms of beauty connection and
wonder might we inhabit? How will we navigate the risks presented by such awesomely powerful
technology? By the end of this decade AI will exceed human levels of intelligence. During the
2030s it will become 'superintelligent' vastly outstripping our capabilities and enabling
dramatic interventions in our bodies. By 2045 we will be able to connect our brains directly
with AI enhancing our intelligence a millionfold and expanding our consciousness in ways we
can barely imagine. This is the Singularity. Ray Kurzweil is one of the greatest inventors of
our time with over 60 years' experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Dozens of his
long-range predictions about the rise of the internet AI and bioengineering have been borne
out. In this visionary and fundamentally optimistic book Kurzweil explains how the Singularity
will occur explores what it will mean to live free from the limits of biology and argues that
we can and will transform life on Earth profoundly for the better. 'The greatest oracle of
our digital age' PETER H. DIAMANDIS founder of XPRIZE 'Curious about the future? Read this
book' VINT CERF Chief Internet Evangelist Google
