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Tag Archives: ray kurzweil
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 [...]
Posted in Singularity, Video Central
Tagged Ken Jennings, ray kurzweil, singularity summit, watson
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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 [...]
Posted in Singularity, Video Central
Tagged movie, ray kurzweil, Singularity, transcendent man
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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 [...]
Posted in Computer Interfaces, Singularity, Video Central
Tagged Google Translate, Language, Nataly Kelly, ray kurzweil, translation
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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 [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health, Video Central
Tagged BigThink, coenzyme q10, health supplements, phosphatidylcholine, ray kurzweil, vitamin D
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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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Tagged Israel, Presidential Conference, ray kurzweil, Singularity
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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 [...]
Posted in AI, Singularity, Video Central
Tagged 2029, ai, david orban, Ken Jennings, Long Bet, Mitch Kapor, ray kurzweil, singularity summit, turing test, watson
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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 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged Lev Grossman, mainstream media, ray kurzweil, Singularity, singularity in the media, TIME, USA Today
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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. [...]
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.” [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged futurism, predictions, ray kurzweil, The Singularity, Time Magazine
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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 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged FORA.tv, kevin kelly, New York Public Library, Radiolab, ray kurzweil, Robert Krulwich, Steven Johnson, wired
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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 [...]
Posted in Gadgets
Tagged blio, e-reader, K-NFB Reader, launch date, nuance, publishers, ray kurzweil, text to speech
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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 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged bio-ethics, Christian Brugger, colin angle, John Donahugue, PBS, ray kurzweil, Religion and Ethics News Weekly
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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 [...]
Posted in AI, Singularity
Tagged Gizmodo, PZ Myers, ray kurzweil, reverse engineering the brain, singularity summit
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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 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged Anita Goel, Ben Goertzel, David Hanson, Demis Hassabis, Dennis Bray, Ellen Heber-Katz, Irene Pepperberg, James Randi, Jose Cordeiro, Lance Becker, Mandayam Srinivasan, Michael Vassar, Ramez Naam, ray kurzweil, Shane Legg, Singularity Institute, singularity summit, Steve Mann, Terrence J. Sejnowski
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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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Singularity
Tagged alex lightman, Aubrey De Grey, David Pearce, h+ summit, James Hughes, Natasha Vita-More, ray kurzweil, Robert Tercek, transhumanism
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