Index

Table of Contents

  A Note to the Reader p. V
  Acknowledgments p. XI
  Prologue: An Inexorable Emergence p. 1

Part 1 Probing the Past  
Chapter 1 The Law of Time and Chaos p. 9
Chapter 2 The Intelligence of Evolution p. 40
Chapter 3 Of Mind and Machines p. 51
Chapter 4 A New form of Intelligence on Earth p. 66
Chapter 5 Context and Knowledge p. 89

Part 2 Preparing the Present  
Chapter 6 Building New Brains ... p. 101
Chapter 7 ... and Bodies p. 133
Chapter 8 1999 p. 157

Part 3 To Face the Future  
Chapter 9 2009 p. 189
Chapter 10 2019 p. 202
Chapter 11 2029 p. 220
Chapter 12 2099 p. 234

  Epilogue: the Rest of the Universe Revisited p. 253
  Time Line p. 261
  How to Build an Intelligent Machine in Three Easy Paradigms p. 281
  Glossary p. 298
  Notes p. 315
  Suggested Readings p. 344
  Web Links p. 369
  Index p. 377