How to Create a Mind The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

A fascinating look into the human mind, which reveals the brain processes we take for granted in everyday, our sense of self and intellect. Can artificial intelligence really compete with the human mind? Could we eventually live in a world in which humans and intelligent machines live side by side? 'Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.' Bill Gates in How to Create a Mind, Ray Kurzweil offers a provocative exploration of the most important project in human-machine civilisation: reverse engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works and using that knowledge to create even more intelligent machines. Kurzweil explores how the brain functions, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the world's problems. He thoughtfully examines emotional and moral intelligence and the origins of consciousness and envisions the radical - arguably inevitable - future of our merging with the intelligent technology we are creating.