Author | Richard Dooling |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Crown |
Publication date | September 30, 2008 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 272 |
ISBN | 978-0307405258 |
Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ (2009) is a non-fiction book by American Law Professor Richard Dooling. The book provides an alarming[1] window into a hypothetical future technological singularity, where machine intelligence outstrips human intelligence.[2] The book also provides a historical review of man's relationship with machines,[3] including dangers caused by other technologies such as nuclear weaponry.[1]
[T]his book explores the history of computers to date -- and ponders the possibilities that will emerge when they become more intelligent than humans.