Synthesized answer
The provided passages do not contain information about the practical implications of the concepts discussed in "The Singularity Is Near."
The passages describe the author's prior arguments that computers would soon rival human intelligence and introduce the concept of the next evolutionary step as the union of human and machine, combining human knowledge with the capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of creations [1]. However, they do not elaborate on what the practical implications of this union would be.
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From the book
Title: The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil Description: For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our…