Ray Kurzweil - Considered the prophet of techno end and techno rescue. Trying to keep his predictions as chronological as possible, the writer, inventor, computer scientist, futurist, and director of engineering at Google still produced 86% accurate predictions - including the collapse of the Soviet Union, the development of the Internet, and the victory of computers over humans in chess. party.
Kurzweil continues to share his predictions for the future. His latest prediction was made at the recent SXSW conference. There he stated that the Singularity - the moment when technology becomes smarter than humans - will be in 2045. Sixteen years before that, they will be as smart as we are. In 2029, according to Kurzweil, artificial intelligence will pass the recognized Turing test and reach the human level of intelligence.
Kurzweil's vision of the future is not limited to the singularity. He also discusses how technologies like nanorobots and neurocomputer interfaces like Elon Musk's Neuralink will affect our bodies and lead to a future in which our brains and ourselves will be completely mechanized.
This process could begin with leaps and bounds of sci-fi-level virtual reality. Kurzweil believes that virtual reality will be so advanced that physical jobs will become a thing of the past. In a few decades, our commutations will simply become decorations.
But this paradigm shift has interesting implications. People will not have to live next to work, so we will see unprecedented de-urbanization. People no longer have to flock to big cities to work or be tied to a certain place. This decentralization can reduce the likelihood of terrorist attacks. Blockchain technology will also facilitate decentralization.
This means that there will be no flesh, blood, or bones - just a brain scan on a machine - and a person will be able to take any shape, from a box to a bird. Also, people don't have to die. Since our brains will no longer rely on fragile biology, we can theoretically live forever.
Not all of Kurzweil's predictions are so radical, and some of them will seem even more likely. For example, his prediction of ubiquitous Wi-Fi is gradually coming true. Elon Musk expressed his intention to connect the entire globe with the Internet from space. Also, the futurist believes that most of the diseases that plague people will disappear by the 2020s. Such a medical breakthrough could well be anticipated in the wake of recent advances.
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Kurzweil envisions a future that will be exciting and daunting at the same time. Time will tell.