假如有一天,你已看不出人腦與電腦的差別,科技與人文間也不再有楚河漢界,甚至連靈魂都可以跟晶片扯上邊,那會是什麼樣的一個世界? 這可不是科幻情節。根據雷‧科茲威爾(Ray Kuzweil)這位「不甘寂寞的天才」(《華爾街時報》的稱呼)的分析,以及頂尖科技專家的共同檢驗,發現上述情節正是「後千禧年」的忠實寫照。 在《心靈機器時代》(The Age of Spiritual Machin
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