Ray Kurzweil

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Progress in Technology is Exponential, Not Linear

TED | YouTube

Ray Kurzweil | TED

If you really look at the power of exponential growth, you'll see that these things are pretty soon at hand.

My main message is that progress in technology is exponential, not linear. Many -- even scientists -- assume a linear model, so they'll say, "Oh, it'll be hundreds of years before we have self-replicating nano-technology assembly or artificial intelligence."

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Ray Kurzweil: Consciousness in Robots

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STEVEN LEVY | Wired

Ray Kurzweil, one of the leading scientists in the field, joined the search giant Google late last year.

Add to this Google’s revelation that it is using techniques of deep learning to produce an artificial brain, and..

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