How to create a mind the secret of human thought revealed

Explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain, outlining the controversial implications of increasing intelligence in order to address global problems while comparing emotional and moral intelligence and considering the origins of consciousness.

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Main Author: Kurzweil, Ray
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2012.
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245 1 0 |a How to create a mind :  |b the secret of human thought revealed /  |c Ray Kurzweil. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 |a Explores the limitless potential of reverse-engineering the human brain, outlining the controversial implications of increasing intelligence in order to address global problems while comparing emotional and moral intelligence and considering the origins of consciousness. 
505 0 |a Thought experiments on the world -- Thought experiments on thinking -- A model for the neocortex : the pattern recognition theory of mind -- The biological neocortex -- The old brain -- Transcendent abilities -- The biologically inspired digital neocortex -- The mind as computer -- Thought experiments on the mind -- The law of accelerating returns applied to the brain -- Objections. 
650 0 |a Brain  |x Localization of functions. 
650 0 |a Self-consciousness (Awareness) 
650 0 |a Artificial intelligence. 
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