Ray Kurzweil writes technology and futurism about artificial intelligence, computing, biotechnology and the possibility of radical human life extension. The Age of Spiritual Machines predicts increasingly capable machines and closer integration between human and digital systems, while The Singularity Is Near develops his argument that accelerating technological change could produce a point at which biological and machine intelligence become deeply intertwined. How to Create a Mind proposes a model of cognition based on hierarchical pattern recognition, and later work revisits his forecasts in light of newer AI systems. Kurzweil's books are optimistic, data-heavy and speculative. They fit futurism, artificial intelligence, transhumanism and technology forecasting. Read more Less