We quite often tell you that scientists are systematically approaching to learn how to prolong human life by deceiving the laws of nature. Many people ask the question: when, finally, can a person become truly immortal? One of the most influential futurists in the world, Ray Kurzweil, in his recent interview, promised us that starting in 2029, science and medicine will extend human life almost indefinitely.
Raymond Kurzweil was born in New York in 1948. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming an inventor and giving the world new technologies. At the age of 15, he wrote his first computer program, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1970, and opened his own speech recognition technology company in 1974. A promising business made Kurzweil a millionaire, which allowed the inventor to continue to develop new technologies. He gained worldwide fame for his work in the field of futurology, including his justification for the technological singularity.
Now Ray Kurzweil is the CTO of Google, continues to develop in the field of artificial intelligence and from time to time shares with journalists his vision of the near future of humanity. For example, in his recent interview with Playboy magazine (yes, yes, the same one with a bunny) Kurzweil said that by 2020 humanity will begin to actively use nanorobots in medicine. These tiny mechanisms will be able to replace a person's innate immune system, thereby effectively countering all possible diseases and pathogens. According to Kurzweil, all this will resemble the situation with computer antiviruses, when a person can download an update for his immune system from the Internet and not worry about the emergence of a new strain of a dangerous virus.
According to the futurologist, by 2029, medicine will reach a level where people will not need to worry about the length of their lives. Kurzweil had previously stated that immortality would only be achieved in the 2030s, but now decided to move the date closer to the present day. Well, I really want to believe that the scientist is right and mankind will really be able to develop its science so strongly in the coming decades. Of course, immortality raises many questions, including the overpopulation of the planet and the lack of food. And many scientists are very skeptical about the statements of the futurologist, considering them too optimistic. In addition, Kurzweil has repeatedly made mistakes in his predictions, so all that remains is to wait and believe in a bright future.
SERGEY GRAY