Talks
Watch the latest talks on our video page for interesting perspectives, analysis, and insights on exponential technologies.
Ray Kurzweil: We Can Control AI Before It Controls Us
Over time, technology offers solutions to old problems while creating new issues in the process. The more powerful the technology, the greater its potential to do good and harm. Artificial intelligence is no exception,...
Kurzweil Says Passion Projects Are the Best Way to Learn
According to Ray Kurzweil, learning by doing will become the means by which the next generation of children learns to participate in the world. Technology has already revolutionized education by changing how humans access,...
Peter Diamandis Explains the Potential of Exponential Medicine
As technology progresses in medicine, humans are increasingly gaining more sovereignty over their health. Soon, instead of visiting doctors infrequently to fix health issues as they arise, we’ll more pre-emptively monitor and improve our...
Ray Kurzweil: Accelerating Tech Is Making Old Intellectual Property Laws Obsolete
As technology and innovation move faster and faster, concerns over ownership and access continue to increase. In answer to a question at a Singularity University event, Ray Kurzweil suggested we need to rethink intellectual...
7 Key Factors Driving the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Under, behind and inside many of the apps we use every day, a revolution is underway. It's a revolution that started decades ago but today is empowering companies to deliver better, smarter services with greater ease...
Ray Kurzweil Explores How Self-Driving Cars Will Choose Between Life or Death
Driving a motor vehicle requires making tough choices in the heat of the moment. Whether slamming on the brakes in traffic or speeding up before a light turns red, split-second decisions are often a...
Why Ray Kurzweil Believes We Are Becoming More God-Like [Video]
People tend to ask Ray Kurzweil all manner of questions about technology and the future. But they also want to know about his own personal philosophy. In one session last summer, a questioner asked...
Ray Kurzweil: The Future Offers Meaningful Work, Not Meaningless Jobs
In a future where automation has taken most human “jobs,” will humans stop working? It all depends on how you define work, says Ray Kurzweil. He favors the idea of a universal basic income...
Ray Kurzweil Explains Why Radical Life Extension Will Be Better Than You Think
According to Ray Kurzweil, we’re approaching a time when humans will begin to radically extend their lifespans. This sounds good on the surface, but will we have enough resources to support everyone? And won’t...
Ray Kurzweil: To Merge With Technology Is to Enhance Our Humanity
Technological shifts outpace our awareness of them. While we're busy with our day-to-day lives—getting a new smartphone or downloading the next updates—we often don't notice how these incremental changes shape our relationship with technology....
Ray Kurzweil Outlines the Coming Biomedical Revolution [Video]
Will we live longer lives in the future? According to Ray Kurzweil, it's only a matter of time until technology begins successfully tackling age-related disease—and life expectancy grows longer and longer. At some point,...
What You Need to Know About the Future of Money
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