02716nam 2200565Ia 450 991095323930332120251116231007.0(CKB)1000000000522631(EBL)3110335(SSID)ssj0000282701(PQKBManifestationID)11228412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282701(PQKBWorkID)10317992(PQKB)11547315(MiAaPQ)EBC3110335(Au-PeEL)EBL3110335(CaPaEBR)ebr10171154(OCoLC)568029130(BIP)10260721(EXLCZ)99100000000052263120060320d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe path to posthumanity 21st century technology and its radical implications for mind, society and reality /Ben Goertzel, Stephan Vladimir BugajBethesda, MD Academica Pressc20061 online resource (633 p.)Includes index.1-930901-95-X ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""LIST OF FIGURES""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""PRELUDE PESSIMISTS FROM YEARS PAST""; ""CHAPTER 1 THE COMING CONVERGENCE""; ""CHAPTER 2 NEURAL NETS AND ARTIFICIAL BRAINS""; ""CHAPTER 3 THE CHALLENGE OF REAL AI1""; ""CHAPTER 4 NANOTECHNOLOGY GETS REAL""; ""CHAPTER 5 UPLOADING: LIBERATING MINDS FROM BRAINS""; ""CHAPTER 6 THE CYBORGIZATION OF HUMANITY""; ""CHAPTER 7 THE NEW GENETICS""; ""CHAPTER 8 THE QUEST FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL IMMORTALITY""; ""CHAPTER 9 CRYONICS COMES OF AGE""; ""CHAPTER 10 IN SEARCH OF THE UNIVERSAL EQUATION""""CHAPTER 11 CURING POVERTY WITH COMPUTING?""""CHAPTER 12 EXTROPIAN ELITISM AND HUMANIST POSTHUMANISM""; ""CHAPTER 13 SONG FROM THE DIGITAL FOREST""; ""CHAPTER 14 MINDPLEXES""; ""CHAPTER 15 CREATING A POSITIVE TRANSCENSION""; ""SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""Describing the near future technologies and scientific changes that will affect human life in the next 25 years, this book covers key topics in artificial intelligence, as well as looking at computing and biotechnology.TechnologySocial aspectsTechnological forecastingArtificial intelligenceTechnologySocial aspects.Technological forecasting.Artificial intelligence.303.48/3Goertzel Ben726875Bugaj Stephan Vladimir1872522MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953239303321The path to posthumanity4481713UNINA