Central Bank of Nigeria Library

Local cover image
Local cover image
Image from Google Jackets

Novacene: the coming age of hyperintelligence

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London, United Kingdom: Penguine Books 2020Description: xii, 138pISBN:
  • 97801419960798
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570.1 LOV
Summary: James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an end. A new age, the novacene has already begun. New beings will emerge from existing artificial intelligence systems. They will think 10,000 times faster than we do and they will regard us as we now regard plants as desperately slow acting and thinking creatures. But this will not be the cruel, violent machine takeover of the planet imagined by sci-fi writers and film-makers. Lovelock argues, that the intelligence of Earth survives and prospers. He does not think there are intelligent aliens, so we are the only beings capable of understanding the cosmos.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN AKURE BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008100873328
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN ASABA BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008101301667
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN AWKA BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008101275440
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN BAUCHI BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 31008101189526
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN ENUGU BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c. 1 Available 31008100898853
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008100155064
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available 31008100155148
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN IBADAN BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c1 Available 31008100749866
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN ILORIN BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31008101016711
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN JOS BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c .1 Available 31008101004741
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN KANO BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008101226849
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN KATSINA BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 31008100981972
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN MAIDUGURI BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 780141990798
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN OWERRI BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 31008100816707
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN PORTHARCOURT BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008100953948
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN UYO BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c1 Available 31008100933841
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN YOLA BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction 570.1 LOV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 31008101317226

James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an end. A new age, the novacene has already begun. New beings will emerge from existing artificial intelligence systems. They will think 10,000 times faster than we do and they will regard us as we now regard plants as desperately slow acting and thinking creatures. But this will not be the cruel, violent machine takeover of the planet imagined by sci-fi writers and film-makers. Lovelock argues, that the intelligence of Earth survives and prospers. He does not think there are intelligent aliens, so we are the only beings capable of understanding the cosmos.

nmn, 11/06/2025

Loans

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer

Local cover image