BOOKS - Not Far From The Tree: Ray Kurzwiel And The Verticality Of The Silicon Valley Mind

In his new book, How to Create a Mind, The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, Ray Kurzweil expounds on the biggest of big ideas. Kurzweil, the inventor of software that underlies Siri and many current speech recognition applications, proposes "the pattern recognition theory of mind (PRTM)" which "describes the basic algorithm of the neocortex (the region of the brain responsible for perception, memory, and critical thinking)." He argues that the mind can be characterized as the complex, recursive and hierarchical thinking process of that most human part of the brain.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/11/21/not-far-from-the-tree-ray-kurzwiel-and-the-verticality-of-the-silicon-valley-mind/