Duration : 01:36:11
Ray Kurzweil, a futurist and inventor, predicts that by 2045, technology will have advanced so much that artificial intelligence will have transformed the world in ways we can hardly imagine. Kurzweils theory of the singularity is that computers will change what we view as important and ultimately, who we are. Kurzweil originally predicted that the singularity would occur in 2045, a prediction he still holds to. However, some AI experts have suggested that it might happen sooner, with many predicting that computers will pass the Turing test in 2030. Kurzweil believes that by 2029, computers will be able to pass the Turing test, opening up a new paradigm in AI technology.