A Simulated Consciousness in Silicon: Ray Kurzweil’s Transhumanist Theories Applied to Her

Abstract

This Bachelor Thesis examines Ray Kurzweil’s transhumanist theories – the technological Singularity and conscious AI – as well as explore Spike Jonze’s film Her from a transhumanist perspective. It also analyses the ways in which the film adheres to or deviates from Kurzweil’s predictions and theories, and how the discrepancies represent the criticism of the technological influence in contemporary society.