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IBM’s Watson Will Take Center Stage at Singularity Summit 2011 in New York City Oct 15-16

Watson, Watson, Watson. Your computer wiles have really seduced all of us technophiles this year. Singularity Summit, the annual TED-style [...]

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Reminder: Transcendent Man Movie Blowout Tonight – Ray Kurzweil, Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Many More!

**This article was originally posted on July 14th, but we’re reposting it today to remind everyone that the event is [...]

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Transcendent Man Movie Blowout August 3 – Ray Kurzweil, Steve Wozniak, Michio Kaku, and Many More!

The future is coming to the 49 out of 50 of the United States (sorry, Wyoming). On August 3rd, Transcendent [...]

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Kurzweil Speaks on the Future of Computer Translation (video)

We live in a world where language technologies, still in their infancy, are powerful enough to turn your web browser [...]

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Kurzweil: 3 Supplements To Let You Live Until The Singularity (video)

The future could be a paradise of technological wonders, but you’ll (probably) need to keep yourself alive for decades in [...]

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Kurzweil’s Talk At Presidential Conference in Israel Now Available for Free (video)

If at first you don’t succeed in convincing the world that a Technological Singularity is near then try, try again. [...]

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Transcendent Man Plays In San Francisco. Here’s A Transcript of Q&A Session

Even a great film is better when played in front of the right crowd. Transcendent Man, Barry Ptolemy’s documentary on [...]

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Exclusive Offer – 2 for 1 Tickets to Transcendent Man in San Francisco, Thurs. April 14th

Want to watch a movie with me? The Transcendent Man documentary is coming to San Francisco tomorrow night, and I [...]

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Exclusive Interview With Barry Ptolemy, Director of Kurzweil Documentary Transcendent Man

How do you get everyone to sit up and pay attention to the idea of the Singularity? Make it entertaining. [...]

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Kurzweil Is Confident Machines Will Pass Turing Test by 2029 (video)

It continues to be a good Spring for Ray Kurzweil. Not only has the media been rather kind to him [...]

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TIME Magazine Shines a Spotlight on Kurzweil, The Singularity

This is a good week to be Ray Kurzweil. The noted inventor, author, and futurist turns 63 on Saturday, and [...]

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BigThink’s Series on Longevity: A Fun Place To Start (video)

Thinking about living forever? You’ve got a lot of reading to do…or maybe you can just watch a few videos. [...]

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Transcendent Man Film To Be Released in February, Digitally in March (trailer)

Almost two years after it premiered, Transcendent Man is finally making its way to widespread distribution, though maybe not in [...]

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Kurzweil Defends His Predictions Again: Was He 86% Correct?

“I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.” [...]

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Ray Kurzweil: The Mind and How To Build One (video)

Will we ever create an accurate simulation of the human mind? Can we detect and measure consciousness? When will artificial [...]

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Time Presents 10 Questions for Kurzweil: Hello, Mainstream

Everybody thinks about the future, but not everyone makes it their life’s work. Besides being an inventor and author, Ray [...]

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Steven Johnson, Robert Krulwich, and Kevin Kelly Dismiss Singularity, Kurzweil (video)

Is the Singularity Near? Depends on who you ask. The New York Public Library and FORA.tv recently sponsored a discussion [...]

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Free E-Reader Blio Announces September 28th Launch Date

The battle of the e-readers is about to get a new contestant. K-NFB just announced that their anticipated Blio e-reading [...]

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PBS Discusses Kurzweil, The Singularity, and Bio-ethics

The Religion and Ethics News Weekly program on PBS recently interviewed Ray Kurzweil about his predictions for how humanity will [...]

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When Will Computers Match the Human Brain? Kurzweil vs. Myers

10 years? 20 years? 100 years? Never? There are about as many predictions for when artificial intelligence will match human [...]

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Singularity Summit 2010: Optimism, Intelligence, the Future – Oh My

The Singularity is near…it’s at the Hyatt in San Francisco. This past weekend I saw some of the leading minds [...]

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We Live in a Jungle of Artificial Intelligence that will Spawn Sentience

You don’t have a flying car, jetpack, or ray gun, but this is still the future. How do I know? [...]

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John Horgan Criticizes Kurzweil and the Singularity…We Need Better Critics

If you believe in the concept of the Singularity, does that mean you belong to a techno-cult? Is Ray Kurzweil [...]

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Ray Kurzweil Speaks at Singularity University 2010 Opening Ceremony

Earlier today I released a story covering the opening ceremonies for the Singularity University 2010 summer session, but I forgot [...]

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H+ Summit Day Two: Claim The Moral High Ground

“The god who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but [...]

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