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Culture series

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The Culture series is a science fiction series written by Scottish author Iain M. Banks . The stories center on the Culture , a utopian , post-scarcity space society of humanoids , aliens , and very advanced artificial intelligences living in anarchist habitats spread across the Milky Way galaxy. The main theme of the novels is the dilemmas that an idealistic hyperpowerdealing with civilizations that do not share its ideals, and whose behavior it finds repulsive. In some of the stories, action …

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Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are

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Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are (2012) is a book by Sebastian Seung . It introduces basic concepts in neuroscience and then elaborates on the field ofconnectomics , ie, how to scan, decode, compare, and understand patterns in brain connectivity. The book concludes with musings on cryonics and mind uploading . It was selected by the Wall Street Journal as Top Ten Nonfiction of …

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Citizen Cyborg

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Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future is a 2004 non-fiction book by bioethicist and sociologist James Hughes , who articulates democratic transhumanism as a socio-political ideology and program. [1]

Childhood’s End

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Childhood’s End is a 1953 science fiction novel by the British author Arthur C. Clarke . The story follows the peaceful alien invasion [1] of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival occurs after the apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.

Brain Wave

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Brain Wave is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson first published in serial form in Space Science Fiction in 1953. And Then have a novel in 1954. Anderson HAD Said That he Could Consider It de son one top five books [1] This is one of many science fiction works at this time on the theme of heightened intelligence.

Blood Music (novel)

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Blood Music is a science fiction novel by American writer Greg Bear . It was originally published as a short story in 1983 in the American Science Fiction Analog Science Fact & Fictionmagazine, winning the 1983 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and the 1984 Hugo Award for Best Novelette .

The Age of Intelligent Machines

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The Age of Intelligent Machines is a non-fiction book about artificial intelligence by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil . This was his first book and the Association of American Publishers named the Most Outstanding Computer Science Book of 1990 . [1] It was reviewed in The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor . Daniel Dennett , Douglas Hofstadter , and Marvin Minsky, The format is a combination of monograph and anthology contributed by artificial intelligence experts. [2]

accelerando

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Accelerando is a 2005 science fiction novel consisting of a series of interconnected short stories written by British author Charles Stross . As well as normal hardback and paperback editions, it was released as a free e-book under the CC BY-NC-ND license . Accelerando won the Locus Award in 2006, [1] and was nominated for several other awards in 2005 and 2006, including the Hugo , Campbell , Clarke , and British Science Fiction Association Awards . [1] [2]