#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality

Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:06)
- Turing test (20:52) - Brain–computer interfaces (32:32) -
Singularity (38:51) - Virtual reality (41:31) - Evolution of
information processing (47:57) - Automation (57:58) -
Nanotechnology (59:52) - Nuclear war (1:01:57) - Uploading minds
(1:09:39) - How to think (1:16:09) - Digital afterlife (1:25:29) -
Intelligent alien life (1:28:19) - Simulation hypothesis (1:32:31)
- Mortality (1:40:11) - Meaning of life