Rapture for the Geeks

{{short description|Book by Richard Dooling}}

{{infobox book |

| name = Rapture for the Geeks:
When AI Outsmarts IQ

| image = Rapture for the Geeks.jpg| caption =

| author = Richard Dooling

| country = United States

| language = English

| publisher = Crown

| release_date = September 30, 2008

| media_type = Print (Hardback)

| pages = 272

| isbn = 978-0307405258

}}

Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ (2009) is a non-fiction book by American Law Professor Richard Dooling. The book provides an alarming{{cite news|title="Rapture for the Geeks": Hello, Hal? The past and future of technology|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2008299229_br26geek.html|accessdate=15 June 2014|publisher=Seattle Times|date=23 October 2008}} window into a hypothetical future technological singularity, where machine intelligence outstrips human intelligence.{{cite news|title=BOOKS: Author tells how Hitler grew into a monster who orchestrated unthinkable horrors|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2009/01/books_author_tells_how_hitler.html|accessdate=15 June 2014|publisher=The Star-Ledger|quote=[T]his book explores the history of computers to date -- and ponders the possibilities that will emerge when they become more intelligent than humans.}} The book also provides a historical review of man's relationship with machines,{{cite news|title=Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-307-40525-8|accessdate=15 June 2014|publisher=Publishers Weekly|date=25 August 2008}} including dangers caused by other technologies such as nuclear weaponry.