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Book by Richard Dooling
Rapture for the Geeks:
When AI Outsmarts IQ
AuthorRichard Dooling
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCrown
Publication dateSeptember 30, 2008
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages272
ISBN978-0307405258

Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ (2009) is a non-fiction book by American Law Professor Richard Dooling. The book provides an alarming window into a hypothetical future technological singularity, where machine intelligence outstrips human intelligence. The book also provides a historical review of man's relationship with machines, including dangers caused by other technologies such as nuclear weaponry.

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  1. ^ ""Rapture for the Geeks": Hello, Hal? The past and future of technology". Seattle Times. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  2. "BOOKS: Author tells how Hitler grew into a monster who orchestrated unthinkable horrors". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 15 June 2014. his book explores the history of computers to date -- and ponders the possibilities that will emerge when they become more intelligent than humans.
  3. "Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ". Publishers Weekly. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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