Editing Hans Moravec (section)

===''Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind''===
In ''Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind'', published in 1999, Moravec further considers the implications of evolving robot intelligence, generalizing [[Moore's law]] to technologies predating the [[integrated circuit]], and extrapolating it to predict a coming "mind fire" of rapidly expanding [[superintelligence]].

[[Arthur C. Clarke]] wrote about this book: "''Robot'' is the most awesome work of controlled imagination I have ever encountered: Hans Moravec stretched my mind until it hit the stops."<ref>{{ISBN|0-19-511630-5}}: Cover praise for ''Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind'', by Sir [[Arthur C. Clarke]], 1999</ref> [[David Brin]] also praised the book: "Moravec blends hard scientific practicality with a prophet's far-seeing vision."<ref>{{ISBN|0-19-511630-5}}: Cover praise for ''Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind'', by Dr [[David Brin]], 1999</ref> On the other hand, the book was reviewed less favorably by [[Colin McGinn]] for ''The New York Times''. McGinn wrote, "Moravec ... writes bizarre, confused, incomprehensible things about consciousness as an abstraction, like number, and as a mere "interpretation" of brain activity. He also loses his grip on the distinction between virtual and real reality as his speculations spiral majestically into incoherence."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/03/reviews/990103.03mcginnt.html |title=Hello, HAL |first=Colin |last=McGinn |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 3, 1999 |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828033814/http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/03/reviews/990103.03mcginnt.html |url-status=live }}</ref>