In the Age of Spiritual Machines Ray Kurzweil Once, the Earth was ensconced by an ocean of nothing, a vast wasteland of "molecular soup." It was the union of these molecules, however that soon filled that sea with what we now refer to as life. Deep within the single-celled organisms which began to populate the planet was a very basic program which soon learned to replicate itself. It then began creating more cells, and more …showed first 75 words of 3038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3038 total…to merge with them. If Ray Kurzweil’s roadmap of the 21st Century proves to be accurate, man and machine will become one, feeling and appreciating experiences while functioning with speed and flexibility. All our dreams will be realized, and all our new perceptions will deliver us new ones. The machine is merely an extension of humanity; soon we will learn that it is no more removed from us than a part of the body.