Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality | Lex Fridman Podcast #321

Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:06 – Turing test
14:51 – Brain–computer interfaces
26:31 – Singularity
32:51 – Virtual reality
35:31 – Evolution of information processing
41:57 – Automation
51:57 – Nanotechnology
53:51 – Nuclear war
55:57 – Uploading minds
1:03:38 – How to think
1:10:08 – Digital afterlife
1:19:28 – Intelligent alien life
1:22:18 – Simulation hypothesis
1:26:31 – Mortality
1:34:10 – Meaning of life

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