Ray Kurzweil at the World Business Forum

[havardmindx]

Dedicated to the memory of Ray Kurzweils Mind-X Members. Harvard

[wigglestrue]

Gotta love the typical transhumanist conflation of technology-that-is-minimally-r­equired-to-keep-a-person-livin­g-and-healthy-by-normal-standa­rds with "hybrids are already here!" I have a suggestion for Kurzweil, he should re-name this lecture "Final Solution for the Human Question".

[Bzdi138]

it is typical but is it not wonderful? If we are to live forever, we have to embrace such ideas correct? A life with quick access to information, a body that will not fall to the ravages of time - it's globalization and I can't wait. On a side note, this whole movement feels oddly evangelical.

[1x93cm]

it is weird...he looks younger..

maybe its just more makeup

[digemail]

or more vitamins ;)

[Bzdi138]

geez, it looks almost as if RK is becoming younger by the year. His predictions will come to pass sooner (if people are open minded) or later (you cannot stop the inevitable) - AND yes, we may very well have to face people or organizations that will try to destroy people with easy access to tech.

[lonecretin]

They'll come much, much later. Kurzweil pulled his 2045 date for the Singularity out of thin air because it conveniently falls within his last days. He is a Da Vinci desperate to see powered flight come to frution within his lifetime, despite the immense lack of progress, resources and ingenuity to make it possible.

[thoughtwaretv]

Kurzweil is a visionary.

You can find many of his videos at Thoughtware dot TV

thank you for sharing this david!

[davidorban]

Thanks for embedding! :) Your site is well done, and collects interesting stuff. I wonder if you would get more comments and more community by actually not requiring viewers to register.

[gucker07]

Kurzweil is a visionary. The Singularity is near!

[lonecretin]

He's not. He's a crank.

[gucker07]

Like you would know...

[DK0526]

A crank honored by 3 presidents who started up 9 companies from scratch that now are industry leaders...a multi-millionaire who's developements have led to the blind seeing and the deaf hearing... Forbes most thinking man...He may be wrong but he has a lot of credibility..I would not dismiss him as a kook so easily!

[PenguinJin]

Soooooo, what have you done with yourself to give you such wisdom and a right to judgement over a man as successful and respected as he?

[vinbuik]

I'm not convinced that G.N.R. + capitalism is a good idea. Kurzweil considers himself a technological optimist, and he seems to downplay the inherent risks. I would like to see a security plan (the u.n. perhaps?) inplace before the technology becomes uncontrollable.

[davidorban]

Together with Bill Joy in the New York Times actually Kurzweil did propose the development of a rapid response system to be able and counter the dangers of GNR. But the security measures have use the same technologies, so can't be grown out of relinquishment.