This is Part Two of the Plato and Young Icarus series. Part One set out the debate in neoclassical terms between those who would slow down AI and those who would speed it up. This is an age-old ...

On Monday, Computerworld published a portion of my phone interview with Ray Kurzweil for The Grill. There wasn’t enough room in the print version of Computerworld to display the complete transcript, ...

I guess, by the logic of that headline, Ray Kurzweil would be the futurist of today. Just thought I’d share a fascinating interview with him from December 23, 2005. Share this story Subscribe and ...

Futurist Ray Kurzweil's goal is to not die at all. A far-fetched idea, and yet those who have followed Kurzweil's work over the decades know that many of his wild ideas and predictions come true.

Ray Kurzweil June 28, 2024, Ted Talk video screen shot with background added by Ralph Losey. Ray Kurzweil’s recent statement on his book captures the essence of his hopeful message that The ...

Booth is a reporter at TIME. Ray Kurzweil's eerily prescient predictions about AI are underpinned by a simple line chart. The chart, tracking the amount of computing power you could buy for a dollar ...