A Conversation with Ray Kurzweil

A conversation between Ray Kurzweil and David Orban at the World Business Forum in Milan, Italy in October 2007. Covering the investment world in the accelerating change, artificial general intelligence, and more.

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Science & Technology

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• artificial
• general
• intelligence
• raykurzweil
• future
• futurism
• singularity
• investment
• computer
• electronics

[gravity1024]

why is the display window so small? the heads aren't even completely on the screen. is that supposed to make the clip more mysterious?

[davidorban]

@gravity1024 That is just how I shot it. No intention of making it more mysterious... :)

[Neuromonger]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Listen to the sound someone makes on 0:33

[davidorban]

It is a chair's leg scraping on the floor as it is being dragged closer to the table.

[matchbox555]

humans and singularities become one ?

what on earth does that mean ?

if you mean humans and non-biological intelligence become one, you are right... but only the elite humans.

duh !

[davidorban]

Technologies for the elites tend to get more widely adopted as time goes by. This happened with the car, jet travel, the computer, and many more. It will be the same with the technologies of the future as well.

[AtronachOFlame]

I'm fine with 'the world of flesh and blood', I go out plenty and have loads friends yet at the same time I spend a large amount of time using computers. Just because you use technology does not mean you have to disconnect yourself from the physical world, you're only as removed from reality as you choose for yourself to be; the technology is not at fault.

[Khenghis]

...what? If nobody hugs you I doubt that is the fault of technology.

[VulcanFleet]

@AtronachOFlame You may like the physical world... but aren't you going to die eventually that way?

[princeadeshoga]

By 1991 Erick Drexler only had straw man ideas about nanotechnology, but no practical interfacing formula for creating the practicality of nanotechnology.Neither Erick Drexler nor any one that worked on his nano technology straw man can be credited for the interface formula being used for nanotechnology which isn't limited to the nano scale. In relation to the nano scale the new 2005 interface-formula would actually be considered a Zero-Time-Space interface. Nanotechnology is a racket&scandal.

[dbootsthediva]

Very informative interview Kurzweil knows a heck of a lot more than what he is alluding to. Nanotechnology is now picotechnology advancing beyond silicon chips n onto chemical solutions Kurzweil designed many of their how-to books of algorithmic concepts He knows darn well those algorithms r not just about fixing the brain. A good percentage of those 50,000 creating algorithmic models of other agenda's as it pertains to the brain n behaviorial control Thanks for uploading this

[MaBu888]

@deceiver123m

What you said about him being aligned with the NWO agenda may be valid, but I think it is still possible to do such eonomical and technological predictions.

[deceiver123m]

@MaBu888 or is he part of the new world order elite and he is telling us the future is a process mandated by their own tradition.

[deceiver123m]

@davidorban then why do people in south america still not have running water? and wall street can obviously fund all nations water bills, but they refuse to. That shows the elite want to enslave us while they make themselves into robotic gods.

[OxygenBurglar]

Mike Treder - in his articles for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies - completely rips Kurzweil's arguments into shreds. The exponential growth of technological progress will be sidetracked by ethical, economic, political and environmental issues.

[ilovehd831]

I honestly think his idea of a singularity is a bit more of a story than a realistic prediction. He could be right, but in reality no one really knows how it's all going to unfold. Moore's law could very well slow in the future if bandwidth gets plentiful and renewable energy is cheap enough. The total computing power of Earth is increasing far faster than the computing power of a single chip. I think Kurzweil tries to pretend that these things are obvious, when in reality it's a bit fuzzy.