Futurist and artificial intelligence expert Ray Kurzweil joined Google a couple of months ago after Larry Page convinced him to explore some of the concepts in his new book "How To Create A Mind" at ...

Humans have pondered this question since the times of the ancient Greeks, and the Myth of bronze automaton Talos — forged by the god Hephaestus to protect the island of Crete — says Ray Kurzweil in ...

Thought experiments on the world -- Thought experiments on thinking -- A model of the neocortex : the pattern recognition theory of mind -- The biological neocortex -- The old brain -- Transcendent ...