Video Q&A With Ray Kurzweil at Singularity University

On the first day of Singularity University the students and staff were given the opportunity to sit down with Ray Kurzweil in a Q&A free-for-all with the luminary that lasted for more than an hour. Singularity Hub (http://singularityhub.com) was there to capture footage as Kurzweil answered questions about new paradigms, virtual reality, the future, and much more.

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[Bzdi138]

yes and I buy it for better or for worse. I don't want to die, I want a better society so on etc. Hopefully, his future will come to pass.

[Robstailey]

yo screw that. as soon as we have full 5 sense immersive virtual reality that we can manipulate by will, im outta this bitch. seal me in a cryotube, whatever, that shits awesome.

[4everkeim]

so do I

[Shadowstar204]

Let me be the first one to say that that would be awesome! I would view it something like Cylon resurrection technology from the remake series Battlestar Galactica. But my understanding is that Kurzweil has collected a lot of imprints or records (for lack of a better word) of his father and using these as a substrate wants to re create his fathers likeness in a simulator of some sort. Check out the movie Caprica as it covers this concept quite well I think. (Yes Im a Battlestar Galactica fan)

[Saligubung]

I would think though, by Kurzweil's admission and as we see in his desire to bring back his father from the grave, that accidents and murders simply won't mean the end. In his view things will become like a video game- you die, you can restart.

[Shadowstar204]

I encourage you and everyone to enjoy life as if it is transcendental, because right now it is, even when aging is overcome, this wont prevent accidents, murder, or war. But lets not get too fixed and negligent to condemn the future generations to meager 90 or even 900 year life spans.

[Shadowstar204]

True, but even when eternal life migrates from the theoretical to practical - like everything else - it will always be subject to flaws. As long as people are working to get around such obstacles progress will continue, in fact that is how progress develops in the first place - it feeds on entropy. Thus entropy is a good thing, but we should treat it as a challenge rather than a blessing or curse.

[Saligubung]

It's still a theory, subject to flaws. Nice to think about but I'm still going to focus on enjoying my life as though I am only here for a meager 90 years

[abdulwtf]

sick cunt

[Shadowstar204]

As curves go, the exponential ones can be a helluva ride.

[Shadowstar204]

Havent you been paying attention? He has published 3 books on the solution for death-- Transcend, Fantastic Voyage, and the 10% Solution.