Futurist and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil has made some predictions about when artificial intelligence (AI) will reach the singularity - which is a hypothetical point in time where technology growth is out of control and irreversible.
An expert believes that the human race may unlock the secret to living forever in just a few years. Computer scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil has made predictions about artificial intelligence.
Kurzweil reckons that as soon as 2029, AI - which has become much more prominent in everyday life the last 12 months - will catch up with human levels of intelligence. And he even believes that be toying with the distinct possibility of immortality by the following years, according to indy100. "I have set the date 2045 for the 'Singularity', which is when we will multiply our effective intelligence a billionfold by merging with the intelligence we have created."
Top news stories today Speaking about immortality on fellow computer expert Lex Fridman's podcast, he told how he reckons we will be able to "advance human life expectancy" by "more than a year every year and I think we can get there by the end of this decade".
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