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Ray Kurzweil Joins Google to Create a Mind

Posted on February 5, 2013

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil has joined Google as Director of Engineering to improve artificial intelligence – or transbiological intelligence as Kurzweil terms it. Known for his latest book, How to Create a Mind, Kurzweil has literally teamed with Google … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil: Technological Singularity, Immortality, Bringing Back the Dead

Posted on August 7, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil: Biological and non-biological intelligence and thinking will merge Prepare to evolve as Ray Kurzweil takes us for a fast ride into the future where both reality and human thinking change! A series of 3 interviews … Continue reading →

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Global Future and the Technological Singularity: A New Era for Humanity

Posted on June 11, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ The world is on the verge of global change. The rate of globally significant events, and that of discoveries and crises, is growing exponentially. We are facing the choice: To fall into a new Dark Age – … Continue reading →

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The Artificial Intelligence Threat to Humanity: Skynet Rising?

Posted on March 17, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Proposed Sign for “Dangerous Artificial Intelligence” The Artificial Intelligence Threat to Humanity: Skynet Rising? The worst-case technological singularity scenario is unimpeded artificial, machine intelligence exceeding human, biological intelligence. That is, humans create an artificial intelligence greater than … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil: The Six Epochs of Technology Evolution, Humanity & the evolution of information

Posted on October 12, 2011

▲ ▲ ▲ Countdown to the Technological Singularity Ray Kurzweil: The Six Epochs of Technology Evolution Ray Kurzweil has postulated, and views evolution as, six epochs of technology. Each epoch defines how information is stored and processed and are stages … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil & Barry Ptolemy Appear on Charlie Rose: Transcendent Man, The Life & Ideas of Ray Kurzweil

Posted on June 28, 2011

▲ ▲ ▲ Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil and Barry Ptolemy were on the Charlie Rose show in March 2011 promoting the film Transcendent Man: … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil Appears on Real Time with Bill Maher: “In 2029, computers will match & exceed human intelligence”

Posted on June 21, 2011

▲ ▲ ▲ Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil was recently on Real Time with Bill Maher promoting his film Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil Appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Transcendent Man now on DVD

Posted on June 17, 2011

▲ ▲ ▲ Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil was recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live promoting his film Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil: Humans Will Become Cyborgs

Posted on March 16, 2011

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil: Humans are going to become cyborgs, become transbiological Ray Kurzweil: Humans Will Become Cyborgs: The transbiological future Transcendent Terminology Ray Kurzweil was at the iLabs Singularity Summit in Milan, Italy and discussed some of the … Continue reading →

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Transcendent Man: The Life and Ideas of Ray Kurzweil, “Prepare to Evolve, the Universe is About to Wake Up!”

Posted on January 27, 2011

▲ ▲ ▲ Prepare to Evolve Transcendent Man: The Life & Ideas of Ray Kurzweil Time is short for humans, homo sapiens (modern), also known as homo sapiens sapiens, the most advanced of the family Hominidae (great apes). The journey … Continue reading →

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Ray Kurzweil: The Ethics of Human Enhancement

Posted on August 27, 2010

▲ ▲ ▲ Ray Kurzweil: The Ethics of Human Enhancement Ray Kurzweil was recently featured on the PBS show Religion and Ethics Weekly in a segment titled Ethics of Human Enhancement. He discusses the eventuality of the man/machine future: “we … Continue reading →

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