: The term “spiritual” here is metaphorical, referring to advanced AI systems that embody creativity, purpose, and subjective experience . Kurzweil envisions a future where these machines are not just tools but partners in addressing global challenges, from disease to climate change.
While often searched by the Spanish translation ("La Era de las Máquinas Espirituales"), the original and most widely available English title is "The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence." This seminal book, published in 1999, predicts the dawn of strong AI and the merging of human and machine intelligence.
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