Miller, James D

Singularity rising : surviving and thriving in a smarter, richer, and more dangerous world / James D. Miller. - Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books Inc, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xix, 262 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- PART1 : Rise of the Robots -- Exponentially Improving Hardware -- Where Might the Software Come From? -- Unfriendly AI Terrifies Me -- A Friendly Explosion -- Military Death Race -- Businesses' AI Race -- PART 2 : We Become Smarter, Even Without AI -- What IQ Tells You -- Evolution and Past Intelligence Enhancements -- Increasing IQ Through Genetic Manipulation -- Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs -- Brain Training -- International Competition in Human-Intelligence Enhancements -- PART 3: Economic Implications -- Making Us Obsolete? -- How Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs Might Impact the Economy -- Inequality Falling -- Preparing for the Singularity -- What Might Derail the Singularity? -- Singularity Watch Singularity Rising offers predictions about the economic implications for a future of widely expanding intelligence and practical career and investment advice on flourishing on the way to the Singularity.

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