Startling in scope and bravado. (Janet Maslin, "The New York Times") Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world. ("Los Angeles Times") A pleasure to read. ("The Wall Street Journal") The best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence (Bill Gates)

Ray Kurzweil is one of the world s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, with a twenty-year track record of accurate predictions. Called the restless genius byThe Wall Street Journaland the ultimate thinking machine byForbesmagazine, Kurzweil was selected as one of the top entrepreneurs byInc.magazine, which described him as the rightful heir to Thomas Edison. PBS selected him as one of sixteen revolutionaries who made America, along with other inventors of the past two centuries. An inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and recipient of the National Medal of Technology, the Lemelson-MIT Prize (the world s largest award for innovation), thirteen honorary doctorates, and awards from three U.S. presidents, he is the author of five other books: Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever(coauthored with Terry Grossman, M.D.), The Age of Spiritual Machines, The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life, andThe Age of Intelligent Machines, and How to Create a Mind. Visit Ray Kurzweil on the web: http: //www.kurzweiltech.com http: //www.kurzweilai.net/

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