Singularity Hub Interviews Barry Ptolemy - Filmmaker Behind Transcendent Man - Kurzweil Documentary

Transcendent Man, a documentary about the life and vision of singularity evangelist Ray Kurzweil, is enjoying its world premier at the Tribeca Film Festival. The movie offers the most comprehensive look ever at arguably the world's most ardent and controversial proponent of life extension and the coming merger between man and machine. Loved by many, feared and loathed by others, Kurzweil is certainly a character to watch. In this video Singularity Hub is proud to present our interview with Barry Ptolemy, the filmmaker behind Transcendent Man.

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Film & Animation

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• kurzweil
• ptolemy
• transcendent man

[eyhexs]

intelligence and self awareness are simply properties that stem from the complexity of the nervous system; all it would really take would be figuring out its unit: the neuron; of course there is interplay between neurons and the glia (support cells, so to speak), but its not impossible to build an intelligent machine; hell, the hardware is already there; besides, imitating biology isnt the only way to get there, you just need a sufficiently complex self-organizing system endowed with plasticity

[seanotube85]

I think if we really want to increase our production of more powerful/intelligent/helpful designs of technology in the fastest and most efficient way possible, we really need to work on improving upon our methods of education at home and throughout the world. In other words, we need smart AND creative people in order to create/program a smart future for ourselves. So let's help ourselves by educating and stimulating the creative faculties in our brains and our fellow beings. Good luck. Go forth!

[matchbox555]

kevin kelly is a wanker

[OxygenBurglar]

Read some Kevin Kelly instead of Kurzweil for a change.

[matchbox555]

bullshit

we will have it all by 2035 at the latest

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

"I, personally, am not expecting the shit that Kurzweil predicts until 2085 at the earliest."

Absolutely. He had a grossly unrealistic view of how soon we'll be able to develop a smarter-than-human machine; especially one capable of creativity, such that it can figure out how to make a more intelligent successor to itself.

[ReductioAdAbsurdum]

Our profound ignorance of how the brain works, how it produces consciousness, how intelligence works, etc. In the 50, we thought artificial intelligence was 5-10 years away, and here we are over half a century later, no closer to being able to design a machine intelligence. In fact, we've mostly given up on that an now expect that the first AI will either be (1) a human brain modeled in hardware, (2) or an evolved intelligence. Either way, we won't understand how it works.

[natureboy40]

you blew it all up you maniacs! damn you damn you all to hell!!! - planet of the apes

[matchbox555]

what roadblocks ?

[OxygenBurglar]

Kurzweil too conservative???!!! WTF?!

I, personally, am not expecting the shit that Kurzweil predicts until 2085 at the earliest. There's so many roadblocks hindering the path to posthumanity it's not funny.