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Ray Kurzweil: We're going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045
- irq 2y agoSome choice quotes: > 2029, both for human-level intelligence and for artificial general intelligence (AGI) > The Singularity, which is a metaphor borrowed from physics, will occur when we merge our brain with the cloud > Making it possible will be brain-computer interfaces which ultimately will be nanobots – robots the size of molecules – that will go noninvasively into our brains through the capillaries. > In the early 2030s we can expect to reach longevity escape velocity where every year of life we lose through ageing we get back from scientific progress.
- nabla9 2y agoRay Kurzweil wants to live forever and all his predictions rationalize the timeline so that he has a change to reach the rapture. He is now 76 and hopes to live 2030.
- Bluestein 2y agoI mean, I, for one, hope the guy makes it.-
- chrisjj 2y agoTop choice quote: > The computing that we have today is basically perfect Er.... :)
- chrisjj 2y agoPlus: > All the major companies are putting more effort into making sure their systems are safe and align with human values than they are into creating new advances !
- irq 2y agoI thought it was notable that he was directly asked about the surveillance aspect of all of this and he did not seem to respond to that subject.
- chrisjj 2y agoAnd there's security. I wonder what he'd do if Google login locked him out of his extended brain. Call an AI for help?