Computers will reach human-level intelligence by 2029.
Ray Kurzweil
Unverified Only a secondary source was found; the original words were not read on a page.
As reported:His bestselling 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near, sparked imaginations with sci-fi like predictions that computers would reach human-level intelligence by 2029 and that we would merge with computers and become superhuman around 2045
- Who
- Ray Kurzweil, Author, The Singularity Is Nearer
- Made
- 2005 (The Singularity Is Near) 21 years ago
- Target
- Dec 31, 2029 in 3 years (stated as "by 2029")
- Status
- Openin 3 years
- Source
- The Guardian interview, June 2024 Secondary: a report of what they said
- Topics
- AGI
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