Ray Kuzweil at the MIT/XPrize BCI workshop

Ray Kurzweil discusses the future of BCI (Brain-Computer Interfaces) at a workshop at the X-Prize lab in MIT, January 2010. This workshop was co-sponsored by Singularity University.

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Science & Technology

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• Ray Kurzweil
• Singularity University
• MIT
• BCI
• brain computer interface
• X Prize

[siciliano29]

An actual proven track record is one of the best ways to boost your credibility....Kurzweil has exactly that, so to not believe him is pure folly.

People who think he's crazy need to ditch their primitive linear thinking, and start thinking like a true visionary - exponentially, and in 3 dimensions.

[Blackthornerose]

Ray Kurzweil is a futurist, not a psychic.

He's making predictions about what is likely and possible based on existing technologies. He can't also predict all the market forces that make what is possible technologically become available to the larger markets. Many things have been invented and are now possible that are not widely available yet. My advice to you? Read more, write less.

Otherwise you just display your ignorance and arrogance. History will remember Kurzweil when your name is dust.

[TamikoKeciazv379]

geil ich wiege 300 kilo

[rRobertSmith]

kurzweil must get way tired of explaining this over and over again, (like the beach boys singing the same song over and over) to non geniuses

[qturner]

If you had say, a MINI camera installed into your eye when you're first born (work with me here!) you could theoretically, have that attached to ANOTHER TINY WIRE that goes somewhere else (we'll leave that part up to Ray @ 2029), and you could have it record everything you see for your whole life.

NO more arguing when shit happened, or who saw what. Eye witness testimony, hacked used in trials! This is going to get out of control................

[matThaHatter]

@matThaHatter IMPERVIOUS to any new information that isn't at least based on the assumptions they hold,or offers something EVEN MORE desirable to their personal desires. Does that make sense? I'm sorry to ramble, but I don't usually do well with small talk(as you noticed); if something is worth saying at all, it's worth saying accurately.

So there it is.People who never ask questions,or make statements w/out room for adjustment,usually aren't as smart as they'd like you to think they are.adios

[matThaHatter]

@matThaHatter (cont)Of course,people have the right to speak with confidence on whatever they like,but it often seems like the most cursory understanding of something gives people that confidence. See what I mean?

I know quite a bit about a lot of things,but a LOT about very few. And anyone with an education now-a-days knows how specialized EVERY DIFF. FIELD has become.Though this can help ID the fakers,it also means that their IGNORANCE of how IGNORANT they are makes them pretty much (cont>)

[matThaHatter]

@Blackthornerose No problem; don't worry about it. Looking back, I probably could have been more clear. But NOW I'm pissed for having to look up "Mea Culpa;"(J/K) I don't want to start an apology war,& honestly I didn't expect an apology from you, so I was a bit rude in reply, so sorry.

ANYWAY!What I meant at first was that I'm SO TIRED of the way people get a bit of information on a subject,& suddenly they feel qualified to make statements w/an air of ABSOLUTE SURETY, you know? (continue>)

[Blackthornerose]

@matThaHatter My humblest apologies, I sincerely thought you were being sarcastic with your bravos

and were telling me to shove cotton in my mouth. And yes, I am a bit sensitive. I'm constantly being told to go

"F" myself by Teapartiers these days. The current violent nature of public discourse has me set a bit on edge.

But that's not your fault. I misunderstood you. Mea Culpa. I hope you can forgive my error.

[matThaHatter]

@Blackthornerose Are you SERIOUS?! I was COMPLIMENTING you, you jackass! I COMPLETELY AGREE with what you said. Do you know what "bravo" means? Do a lot of people begin insulting you with phrases like "Bravo," or maybe "Well said?"

Now I wish I HAD insulted you. Maybe that's your thing.Are you so used to it that you see it everywhere; or maybe by "seeing" hostility everywhere you justify your egotism & cynicism. Oh, gotta go. It's almost dark, & us "CHILDREN" gotta get home. Asshole. Happy now?

[Blackthornerose]

@matThaHatter You didn't respond in a meaningful way

to anything I said. I can always tell when I've frustrated

a poor loser in an argument, instead of responding to my argument,

they just start right in insulting me, with no explanation provided, like you did here.

Do us all a favor, Child, if you can't add something intelligent to the actual discussion,

don't add anything at all.

[importfilta]

Do I see some illuminate rings? MMMMMMMMMM....