Ray Kurzweil: Get ready for hybrid thinking

Two hundred million years ago, our mammal ancestors developed a new brain feature: the neocortex. This stamp-sized piece of tissue (wrapped around a brain the size of a walnut) is the key to what humanity has become. Now, futurist Ray Kurzweil suggests, we should get ready for the next big leap in brain power, as we tap into the computing power in the cloud.
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[@Zeuts85]

It never fails to amuse me that Kurzweil's tone when explaining dramatic, forever world-changing developments is about the same as one would expect from a discussion of last week's weather.

[@barry.anderberg]

That's because he doesn't really believe any of the bullshit he spouts. He's just out to make money and he's damned good at it.

[@Zeuts85]

Well that's very untrue.

[@barry.anderberg]

And? Kurzweil is a fool and what's more and what has to be ultimately devastating news for him, he's going to die. Worse still is that in his mind there's no God and nothing beyond the grave, which must be profoundly vexing.

[@Zeuts85]

Barry Anderberg How is he a "fool"?

[@barry.anderberg]

Matthew, he's an atheist. Atheists are fools, ergo he's a fool. Easy.

[@Brisius]

9 years later what he has predicted literally happened. Natural language models understand what is written in the internet, and can give us an interpretation or summary of what we're looking for -> Chat GPT & Bing.

[@colemorgan2795]

Yup, I wonder if the 2030s thing about the brain connected to the cloud is gonna happen

[@KrisBotha]

@@colemorgan2795 Yes. It is inevitable

[@WackyGameEngineer]

@@colemorgan2795 I think Neuralink had a go to for human trails implementing there chips allready. I mean ok no Nanobots so far but still 6-7years left.

[@MercuryManProduction]

To all the people saying this is bad, or scary... that's fine, you don't have to do it. Eventually you will die, and you won't matter anymore. In every generation, there are revolutionary inventions, and there are always people who say it is too much and refuse to participate. There were people who opposed the idea of writing things down, thousands of years ago, because they believed that by writing things down, you no longer have to remember them and it would result in people becoming stupider. People opposed the idea of exploration. They opposed the steam engine, cars, technology, computers, the internet, telephones, and cell phones. They grumble about how the new things are bad, and then they die, and the new generation accepts what the old could not.

[@barry.anderberg]

You miss the point. If Kurzweil and his atheist compatriots are correct, then nothing matters at all and we are all destined for utter annihilation as the universe expands ever outward. What I say is bad or scary and is ignored by future generations ultimately will not matter. You as you sit and read this do not matter at all. Literally, nothing matters at all in any way whatsoever if Kurzy and his atheist buddies are correct.

[@barry.anderberg]

So basically your argument boils down to "There's no God because things aren't the way I think they should be." LOL Okay. Good luck with that.

[@barry.anderberg]

Hey thanks for insulting me. Way to go. You've spent all that time writing up your dissertation and still, as far as I can tell, your basic argument is that God isn't real because things aren't the way you think they should be. Your arrogance is stunning. The amount of trust you put in that little wad of tissue between your ears is really quite astounding. I'd like you to type up a dissertation on why you can trust that evolved brain of yours to ascertain the truth about anything at all. I mean, really, a prerequisite for survival isn't and never has been an organism with a truth-detecting brain. In fact it has been demonstrated that a brain that provides false information to the host can provide an evolutionary benefit as well. Perhaps you're familiar with this argument? You can type until you're blue in the face your ridiculous, baseless assertions about how the universe ought to be but until you can demonstrate that your evolved brain can and does objectively ascertain the truth about external reality then you are as they say, sound and fury signifying nothing.

[@barry.anderberg]

I also really love how you simply declare "there are certain minimal objective standards of engineering" as if no further proof is needed. Are there certain minimal objective standards of engineering? How are they to be evaluated if they're objective? What objective authority are you appealing to when evaluating said standards, and where did those standards come from? Your assertion that the epiglottis is a potentially fatal mistake really made me "LOL". Isn't gravity a potentially fatal flaw? So is food. I mean, I could trip and fall and break my neck! I could choke on a hot dog! Damn it all, it's so clear to me now! There must not be a God because if there were, I would not be able to fall down and hurt myself! Brilliant!! Just brilliant!

[@barry.anderberg]

Wow, you're incredibly hostile aren't you? I wonder if you actually go back to read the incoherent nonsense that you yourself are spouting. For example, you claim the universe isn't perfect. How do you know? What would a perfect universe look like? What is the standard for perfection against which it should be judged? Why is your conception of perfection the right one? I'll say it again - your argument boils down to (and I'll modify it slightly based on your last diatribe): "There is no God because the universe isn't my idea of perfection." I do appreciate your at least acknowledging the idiocy of your own world view - namely that because you can be injured there must be no God. I think if you were honest you'd reframe your position to be one of "If there's a God, I refuse to worship Him because He didn't do things the way I and my tiny wad of evolved gray matter think they should be done". I can respect that, but don't fool yourself into thinking that it's an argument that stands up to even the slightest bit of scrutiny. In conclusion, you've completely avoided my arguments which are really inescapable. The most devastating of which is that your evolved brain is telling you things that since it is an evolved brain cannot be trusted. Your own underlying ideology of natural evolution is undermining your arguments. That you are apparently unaware of that isn't very surprising. Most atheists aren't. I certainly would never refuse to dialog with someone just because I think their opinions are foolish so if you'd like to continue our conversation please feel free to reply. If you reply maybe you can tell me why you decided to bring Jesus into the conversation. Thanks, and have a blessed day!

[@adamx9793]

I love how calm Kurzweil is.

[@charlestwoo]

I could listen to him all day.

[@adityapendharkar3014]

he makes a great point and articulates it really well but do u seriously want to upgrade to a version which according to him will be more hip, sexy and better??!

[@tuhinshaikh96]

Hay man at least you are not the people of grave

[@RyeinGoddard]

Give me more Ray Kurzweil!

[@ryanhm1004]

I Came here from a Dawrkesh Patel interview and these kind of "understanding" machines will do are quite close with chatgpt and these multimodality coming for it. This neocortéx could even sounds like science fiction back then, but 7 years from now it does seems possible. This guy is in another scale of thoughts and inteligence.

[@salasvalor01]

Even if Ray Kurzweil doesn't get his singularity, he has made it possible for public discourse to include such ideas. I think he has been the greatest pioneer of mainstream acceptance of transhumanist notions. The best salesperson and popularizer. He is the father of giving us transhumanists a fighting chance/voice.

[@barry.anderberg]

Are you serious? There is no transhumanism, or anything else. If Kurzweil is correct then the ultimate fate of you and every other entity composed of atoms is complete and utter destruction. I wish atheists would just embrace and espouse complete and total nihilism and spare us the long, drawn out show.

[@salasvalor01]

Barry Anderberg total nihilism is absurd, existential nihilism is the right way to go though and there's plenty of purpose in such a world.

[@warewolf435]

Barry Anderberg To think we're going to be destroyed because of the singularity is kind of rediculous. Now I'm not saying it _couldn't_ happen. But, quite frankly, the chances of that are much smaller than the chances of humanity advancing because of this.

[@towaritch]

Sage Mantis you transhumanists are a dangerous sect, like Raelians, Salafists, or the Church of Scientology, etc. If I were in power I would eliminate you physically.

[@salasvalor01]

de mun upswing You're a psychopath who should be in federal jail.

[@vincentizghra6144]

This guy makes great synthesizers.

[@davidjackson3530]

If I want my brain to be on a cloud I'll smoke some pot thank you very much

[@zeynoob2890]

👌👏👏👏😅

[@vichkovski]

hopefully he will make it till his singularity point in time

[@schabalabadingdong7805]

7 Years later and we have GTP-3 That can understand and summarize any literature like complicated research papers😳 but we don't have it in a everyday use case like google assistant yet

[@Linshark]

Now we have ChatGPT, which is closer to a personal assistant.

[@colemorgan2795]

I bet Google will put it into their phones soon enough. I also saw grammarly recently added it into their software hahahah

[@dontgetrekt]

9 years later AGI is basically here at the village idiot level

[@elainediamond7572]

Love Ray. Are those rings he's wearing or tiny computers? 😀

[@bobgillis827]

Anybody else see any problem with allowing someone to implant computers in your head?

[@cuscof2]

Yeah, other people will be jealous!

[@SgtChrome]

People that want to change something have goals, people that want to hinder something have reasons.

[@michaelyoung7171]

That's happening it's called a brain chip once you get it's controls you and make you a slave.

[@michaelyoung7171]

@The Black Dawn/Ajjqi Actually he is making a brain implant in people brains called neuralink which is the mark of the beast 666.

[@michaelyoung7171]

@The Black Dawn/Ajjqi because the mark has to be implanted in your body in right hand and forehead to do buy or sell.

[@zisha01]

The most fundamental key to man's evolution is expression of choice. To choose to eat or not to eat; to fight or not to fight, and then to experience the consequences. If you place this responsibility onto a machine, man's mind will disintegrate. We also have this neat thing called 'teaching', that neo-cortex beings are pretty good at. Not perfect, but it's only been 100 years since we've created indestructible knowledge preservers. Help the human. Don't overwrite him.

[@tobytoxd]

Yes! It seems like a brilliant idea, to let a company control your mind! Thank You xD

[@issakariet558]

Indeed!! How could one possibly adore such an evil man with such a dark agenda???? .....

[@Ilych367]

Issakariet depends if you think ittl change your behaviour in a way that modern technology doesn’t already

[@josemalagon3226]

it depends on how you handle the relationship with the company. And how you use your life to improve "Life" and the system. Using technology its not about being a "cheap" ruled by goverments of companies... Its about growth and expantion of your inteligence. So, if you use all this advance tech in your body you might not expect to live how you live today (living the 8-5 life, tv, and the rest of the actual society programs). So, you can check more info about "Singularity is near" and how YOU can improve and grow as a human and of course how we can move forward finally to the WE generation.

[@niniadis100]

he talk about nano robots inside our brian, come one,!!and I hope we don't lose the free of choice.

[@mohammadmajidazimzadeh1348]

WELL Well well..destroy the earth Hitman Rape & & & What do u need!? Gvrn mntal

[@BoStanfordify]

Kurzweil as director of Engineering at google. I can only imagine his conversations with the guys at deepmind. Fascinating.

[@FeelingShred]

What is fascinating? Spewing fancy complicated words to appear as an intellectual? Yeah, it's very "fascinating" isn't it? What I find even more fascinating is children in Africa being used as labor to mine all the minerals required by technology to grow its cancerous growth.

[@michaelbell5410]

whats the point of replying if you have nothing relevant to contribute?

[@natecodesai]

probably mainly boring. He's getting pretty ... annoying in his old age. I liked him better in the 90's when he just had a website about AI

[@ThatBulgarian]

Very good talk :)

[@nahulanham1821]

Brilliant. I love this.

[@zedek_]

Good stuff; I can't wait for a myriad of body augmentations to become available.

[@cloddvanderhoof7156]

Wow. I can't wait 'til I fully evolve.

[@lex.cordis]

Buddy, what makes you think that _you_ will be gifted with any of the potential benefits of this? It will be used to further enslave you.

[@issakariet558]

@kath david Indeed, devolved and destroyed!!

[@issakariet558]

@@lex.cordis Absolutely! First enslave you and take your rights away, to then easily exterminate you!! Isn 't the coronaPLANdemic a wonderful situation to realise that??

[@AlElliottPlus]

Scaryly cool.

[@MagnesiumEnterprise]

I love Ray Kurzweil.

[@og1bucky]

Ray Kurzweil !! You are Truly Amazing !! Thank you !!!! :) ~

[@john15399]

i love this guy dude he's so optimistic about technology

[@LuisFernandez-ql2er]

He is not optimistic... He is the father of sight and hearing implants... Is a eminency in his field... One of the most credited voices to talk about future.

[@nani0022]

@@LuisFernandez-ql2er So what are your chances of failing your calculations?

[@YisYtruth]

In the future, google will think for you.

[@McGyver777ATGMAIL]

More duality than slavery...

[@elibiton3046]

Google already thinks for me and billions of other Humans

[@manurr10]

Hi I am from 2020. It is already going so.

[@meinegeliebte9812]

@Anna Stewart 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joejohn.]

I've had dreams about being able to "google" in my head without physically interfacing with a device that felt so real and natural. Like I would think of some real topic or historical event/person and be able to glean new information from someplace external to my mind. I wasn't able to remember what that new info was after waking, but it felt so genuine and accurate.

[@ItachiUchiha-xk1fr]

It’s about to happen moving forward 2021 !

[@siddharthbhansali8846]

this is awesome

[@iriscapes]

This talk feels like the intro for something bigger.

[@netrox0072]

You got that right.

[@squamish4244]

Does anyone know about a Kurzweil video where he does NOT talk about mind uploading?

[@vibratehigher2441]

Thanks

[@samann95014]

Very profound!!!

[@pierresplace1209]

I've always felt power with a computer extending my hands and mind, doing things that I could not necessarily do myself. Now going to the cloud as an extension of my mind? Imagine no more forgetting? No more erroneous computations? No more errors in judgement? Amazing possibilties for a senior citizen. Where do I sign up???!!! :-)

[@RJavier007]

Are you still alive buddy?

[@leandrog2785]

Earliest chance to do this will be Neuralink

[@justgivemethetruth954]

He calls Watson a computer that understands human language ... but the connotation of the word "understand" is really silly ... the computer does not understand, to understand it needs a context and a point of existence ... otherwise it is just a machine reporting on its connections. It's an amazing accomplishment, but I wish they would not use the word understand, of qualify what they mean.

[@eddy-currents]

"needs a context and a point of existence" It has both. "it is just a machine reporting on its connections" Which is also what humans are like. Careful that you don't get cut on your edginess there.

[@Zeuts85]

"It's an amazing accomplishment, but I wish they would not use the word understand, of qualify what they mean." He does qualify it in his most recent book--"How to Create a Mind". There he explains that if what Watson does _isn't_ "understanding", then what humans do isn't actually "understanding" either. Human cognitive abilities often seem uncanny and special merely because we fail to see what's actually going on under the hood. Lately we've started to get a better idea through a maturing neuroscience, and the brain is seeming less and less like magic.

[@nickilovesdogs8137]

The machines Will Understand the same way and Better than humans. You are a biological machine.

[@natecodesai]

man in a box scenario.

[@Martinit0]

How do you know Watson did not understand?

[@RoseOdette]

you are amazing

[@LeonidasGGG]

Powerful...really powerful.

[@ogfunk187]

F’ing Maniac.

[@SFGuerrilla]

The Singularity Is Near

[@aryamangoel5483]

He made OCR. Cool!!!

[@showcase-me]

2023 and still on point!!! I ❤️ u doc

[@OTHERVERSETCG]

YES! All so true. This man. Very nice. Very nice.

[@baldieman64]

"Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should". Dr Ian Malcolm - Jurassic Park

[@lluviadai96]

Just wait for 20 years and this will be recommended to everyone

[@monserratpalomo587]

Pretty amazing

[@amenostalgique]

Nobody talks about the implications and consequences of cutting-edge research. This will only accelerate our extinction as specie.

[@MG-bv8fi]

Who has the remote control? What if it was hacked?

[@marcellocapone4925]

Twenty years from now sounds really interesting all of a sudden. I'll remember that when another inevitable bout of depression comes along.

[@blingec]

👀2020

[@Blueline1221]

@@blingec hahhaa

[@TomekSamcik69]

It's interesting how Ray Kurzweil doesn't raise any questions or doubts, he just announces

[@claudineschultz8349]

This is all pro no con, that is bad planning. What if many of these proposals/ideas fail & destroy existing people & life that can ever be replaced. You will come back with the same reply that is used today, we didn't know that or foresee that, I'm sorry. It better to go slower to progress than making rash rapid changes without knowing consequences. Just look at the last 80 years How many people have lost their lives or health to progression, being told the changes were not harmful or it was for the greater good. The individual doesn't really count. If you believe in humanity, fix what's lacking/broken today, give today's humans happiness & good lives. Work on the future as a future project not as a deadline project. It won't hurt one thing to be prudent & cautious in all things. Don't let greed & pride be more important than humanity.

[@hdmovies9947]

I already have hybrid thinking after smoking a joint. Thank you very much

[@pessoaaleatoria5128]

Admiro muito esse cara ✊

[@ayrsine]

“Welcome, my son. Welcooommmeee tooo the machineeeee...”

[@philosophyandwritings4627]

Hey!My question is do we should hybrid thinking now or at the end(when we have nanobots in brain --we connect the cloud) or at the big computer--singularity times ? ... past times i thinking at chaotic but i am confuse now -- and how can do science and philosophy and art without thinking _? thx a lot for answers...

[@cityplanconsultores2188]

extraordinario!!!

[@psilosofos]

When they promise that humanity will evolve through technology just remember that someone else will control that technology not us...

Thats the human fear talking, just the same as if someone were to explain our current modern world to someone who lived 200 years ago. We adapt, and if our future is to become "one" with AI, through collective/cloud thinking, then so be it. You'll probably won't be alive to see it, but you should prepare your children for the change.

[@HonouraryMember]

@ we are constantly pushing back these corporations from our bed rooms. At some point we may give up or make a compromise, but the truth is their goal is to make money and our goal is to have more convenience. But to rent portion of my thought process to an app is like renting a portion of my soul to the devil. That's why twitter has become a swamp and that's why Scientology exists.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

@ You've managed to *completely* miss point of his concern

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

Yeah, let's give billions of people control over an advanced technology that accelerates evolution as if that were somehow the most rational thing to do. Such a level of control will most likely be the domain of artificial superintelligence.

[@markthebldr6834]

That someone else is us though. It doesn't have to be evil I hope.

[@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars]

Rays the reality of Skynet.

[@SebHaugeto]

Go Ray!

[@davidhoggan5376]

YES new Kurzweil. :)

[@doug202]

Funny seeing a lot of people struggling to use their imaginations in the comments. The man knows what he's talking about, he's the one doing the science, and can see where it is leading. These people live in the future, a completely inconceivable world to us. It will all change over and over, way beyond what he's talking about. Everything recognisable to us becoming artefacts, ancient technology and the small-brained organisms called humans.

[@kokopelli314]

I hope I live long enough to experience that.

[@user-iu1jf4hp7g]

I hope I am not. I rather to die as human

[@kokopelli314]

@@user-iu1jf4hp7g you are not an archetype

[@rickkowalchuk6391]

How do we ensure we get to partake in this with the best methodology and safety considerations?

[@stephennielsen8722]

Some birds have highly evolved problem solving skills. Being much smaller and apparently less complex, maybe computer geniuses should try to model raven brains too

[@Itsallgoodtogo]

Call me close-minded but I would second-guess throwing thousands of nano computers into my bloodstream :D

[@galilee18]

My thoughts exactly

[@666Tomato666]

is this so much worse than eating at fast food joints or drinking vodka? and I'm quite sure that the nanobots won't be limited to linking with cloud, they more than likely will be able to monitor your health in real time

[@ThatBulgarian]

in 1980s: Call me close minded but I would second-guess using a computer find information about things when I could just go into the library. Moral of the story is people dont know what they want till they have it

[@NicolasTylerDoyle]

yet you dont hesitate an instant when you hop into a 3 ton vehicle that sends you at speeds of 80 mph on the highway like a speeding torpedo .

[@sjeffiesjeff]

Don't worry, it won't happen in our lifetime.

[@StarOceanSora360]

1. ubiquitous infinitely advanced nanotechnology 2. infinitely intelligent, wise, creative AIs 3. infinite technological progress 4. ubiquitous infinitely advanced ontotechnology (technology that can warp reality itself) 5. omnifarious (unlimited shapeshifting), immortality (ageless, disease free, indestructible), imaginary vr from within nervous system(live out any fantasy regardless), omnipowers (all superpowers and abilities, including infinite intelligence), omni mind shifting, etc.. transhumans 6. infinitely fast and powerful computers 7. everything even palaces being free 8. no labor etc.. r just some things to occur because of the singularity this century

[@SirVonStein]

Good god I can't wait for this! 2045 (or whenever the singularity happens) can't come soon enough.

[@StarOceanSora360]

Von Stein same here

[@SirVonStein]

And might I add an lul to the people who don't think it's going to happen. It's inevitable now. We can't stop it. Embrace it. People thought you would never have a computer in your pocket. A box in your house where you can watch people live. A remote to control your household objects, and flying machines. Yet here we are. More things than we could imagine. The future is so exciting.

[@StarOceanSora360]

Von Stein im doing just that

[@artchristianson2222]

Ray reminds me of Happy Days, don't know why. I could see Woody Allen playing him in a movie.

[@stratovation1474]

Ray is funny. I had a chat with him after a talk.

[@MartinShervington]

*Ray Kurzweil: Get ready for hybrid thinking.* (about 10 mins) _Really enjoyable talk, including the future of Search and even the Cloud._ #kurzweil

[@JohnMLynch]

Yep - definitely intersting. and a bit scary!

[@RheinalltWilliams]

Watched this a couple of weeks ago. Interesting, thought provoking and just a little bit scary. :-)

[@KeithMcMean]

Wow...

[@StephenRichardLevine]

The one thing Kurzweil does not address is the processing split between the conscious and the unconscious. Some research suggests that all the actual work is done at the unconscious level and the conscious portion of our brain manages the creation of post-decision rationalizations. Therefore the hybrid environment connecting to the conscious layer may not be all that useful if it filters out information in the cloud by using bias, prejudice, and preconception. An interesting talk that makes me wonder if man-machine learning will even extend beyond recall and recognition.

[@DavidAmerland]

***** awesome share. In many ways we have hybrid thinking now, thanks to our devices and growing connectivity. In the very near future we shall have better integration of that hybrid thinking plus its expansion to include many more people than today's online population.

[@Moctipotili1]

And with this quantitative expansion of our mind, and the use of external gestalts and catalysts to further the complexity of our thinking, comes an expansion of our bodies in the form of controlling external objects with our minds. This will start with moving a cursor around on a screen, grow to a more useful form such as turning the lights on in a room or a dark house before you enter it, and so on. Let's just hope our historical fight for individual freedoms will stay strong in us to keep the hybridization of our mind from becoming just a node stuck in an ever-present overwhelming thought of a hive mentality.

[@wadewilson1020]

How do you opt out?

[@rkucera1]

cool!

[@alanburns8362]

I am so excited for these technologies, I will finally be able to use my brain to the extent I have always wanted to.

[@RalphDratman]

That was excellent. Great job, Ray. You hit all the salient points needed for an overview, and only predicted the most predictable milestones.

[@CasperVanLaar]

damnit blew my fking mind this is so genius...

[@lcifermorningstar191]

Very cool and inspiring. Let's just hope we don't kill each other first.

[@Narutendo3]

One thing that isn't discussed enough is what this could do to a person's psyche, having so much brainpower. Mental illness gets more common the more intelligent people are. I've seen this firsthand quite a bit. I'm concerned that people won't be able to function in a happy, productive way if they can overthink things to such a degree

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Next thing you know, Elon has started something called Neuralink

[@GOATMENTATOR]

and now it's advancing

[@AlexandreNarbert]

Yea now.

[@themrttttoo490]

I'd posit the change is already underway. Shared knowledge and information is a benefit today of social interactions, reading, the internet, etc with our ability to recall the information our primary limitation. RK is describing a new interface.

[@flanfan1212]

that escalated quickly

[@karltube99]

Nanobots in the brain connecting you to the cloud making you smarter than Einstein but then you become an embarrassed idiot when the wifi signal drops off! Yeah great.

[@natecodesai]

yuup... I'm calling it SDS (sudden disconnection syndrome)... we already suffer it, but you become a total numbskull if wifi connection drops off, instead of just having anxiety and a general idea of having lost something.

[@aumi5958]

won't be a problem just install nanobots that have broadband networks integrated in them so that you are living wifi problem solved

[@hnipen]

LOL

[@blackblue125]

Dude, WiFi is old thinking in this case.

[@DrGandW]

Karl Allison Haha that’s what’s gonna happen when some company gets greedy and tries to release the product too early

[@erenyldz9465]

If you still haven't read his book he is referring to: How to Create Mind. An amazing journey through our mind, from the perspective of an engineer. Every single line of that book carries knowledge, I can say it's in top 10 in the field.

[@chrisgrootwassink7488]

You should read 'the age of virtual machines too if you liked it'.

[@mainstreet3023]

@@chrisgrootwassink7488 “spiritual machines”

[@taronsilver3250]

That's something. Clearly that would be something, not sure if I'd love it, but future will be as it will be!

[@xaviermcadam8836]

based on my understanding being high will be amazing

[@TheAmbitiousPeach]

For the sake of keeping the transhumanist camp in check, I'd like to illustrate a flaw in the argument I've seen being used against those who rise ethical concerns of future technologies. The argument goes like this: "people were afraid of airplanes, now we have airplanes and love them." What the transhumanists fail to include are the other three possible scenarios that play out for new technologies. They are as follows: 1) People resist new tech, new tech is decided to be too controversial to proceed. 2) People embrace new tech, new tech is fantastic. And finally, number 3) People embrace new tech, new tech produces unforeseen consequences that must be dealt with. Thus, it is not a catch-all argument to say that occasionally throughout history people have resisted good ideas. I am also troubled by the following claim: Because people have enhanced themselves in the past, any enhancement, such as the cloud computing augmented brains in this video, is necessarily advantageous or inevitable. I should note that the argument was never stated so bluntly, but that I think I have written it's underlying nature. Anyhow, it's simply unsubstantiated. Nobody here, not even the experts, has a thorough enough understanding of society to make such broad claims. I think what this comment section could use is a more elaborate discussion, from both sides, of the *possible* and specific benefits and harms that such a device could have. Who cares if it isn't yet "proven," all the fun lies in exploring the hypothetical. Alright gang, on three let's talk this over like adults. 1, 2, 3...

[@R2d2..]

If you believe that the gap between rich and poor is huge... Wait till the gap between mortal and immortal humans will come.

[@TheKnollo]

*goosebumps*

[@frankylangrell9612]

In "The Singularity is Near" there's a section of answers to the critics. I downloaded the free pdf and listen while I'm traveling. We are in a very unique time in human evolution we're getting a new frontal cortex. I'm very hopeful

[@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040]

I'm so happy I won't live long enough when things he talks about will become compulsory. Will check out to a better (after) life.

[@xsuploader]

What afterlife? How old are you This sort of thing could happen easily within 25 years

[@7TheWhiteWolf]

Hehehe, it's cute to watch little humans resist technology like they did the locomotive and the sail boat. Such a primitive race we still are, then again a few hundred years ago it was the dark ages. Let me tell you something, you either become an Android with immense possibilities, or you go extinct. Take your pick. I'll go with the no sickness or aging route. But good luck y'all.

[@natecodesai]

impossible for you... maybe your grandkids. You'd have had to start at the beginning of your life. But yeah, with new possibilities comes new problems, and you can't know the problems until you try it out, so... just remember to get your children to get those implants for your grandkids while still pregnant.

[@drlg8945]

Heinrich S7 Wolf do you realise that you are a human? You speak of humans with contempt LOL

[@donnabrahamworsley5857]

ANDROID!!! In 2060 reverse aging will be invented 2150 cyborg immortality ill be a cyborg and immortal

[@DroppedMyMarbles]

fucking furries

[@deanparker5542]

You sound like such a pretentious douchebag

[@shawnburnham1]

mind blown

[@kennytheamazing]

What about octopi? They are capable of some pretty advanced problem solving. e.g. unscrewing lids. Obviously those haven't been around enough for them to learn it as described in non-mammals over generations. Do they have some form of neo-cortex? Did it evolve separately from mammals or from a common ancestor?

[@TheUnchainedMind]

I know that octopi have smart, thinking tentacles. Might be the power of SLI, lol

[@elsevillaart]

It will be a nightmare, all the spams and unwanted emails directly in your head.

[@lololololol47]

Right because today we have no access to anti-malware software and the similar.

[@lololololol47]

In what way does anti-virus software not work? (Its an old alias I made on the spur of the moment and I would rather defy KZbin and Google by continuing to use it rather than my real name lol what kind of last name is 'w' by the way :))

[@salasvalor01]

lololololol47 too bad for the poor people- screw their heads.

[@FrostbitexP]

Robert w What? If future malware software gets better. Then future anti-malware gets better too.

[@salasvalor01]

FrostbitexP The big thing about security in the future is you need to block 100% threats for it to prevent species destruction and existential nightmares. Biological terrorism is going to be a horrible thing in the future. So much so that we will need to allocate more than 50%, perhaps 90% or more of all computing power (which will make for slower progress in computing) to protect existence.

[@maidung1825]

Sir, are you from future ?

[@FloydFunctionsX]

Yeah I saw this and looked at the date and was like WTF! 😂

[@mousqy]

look at those blings

[@David-un4cs]

They said we would have mainstream flying cars by now...I'm not holding my breath.

[@carlosfuenmayor5853]

Ray Kurzweil is the epitome of a mad scientist, a modern day Frankenstein.

[@armartin0003]

I can guess that most of the people commenting in here wouldn't be elected for cerebral expansion, although they seem to really need it.

[@nakedholerat]

I'll second that. "This isn't 100% backed up by cold hard science. Let's throw this one in the idea dumpster. Intuition be damned, ALL HAIL SCIENCE!" If we only gave the ideas that were backed up by current science a chance, we would still be in caves. Intuition shows us the starry night sky, science pin points which stars shine the brightest. There is nothing wrong with trusting your intuition when current science fails to have the tools to prove or disprove your theory. The truth will eventually come out. Evidence-worshipping scientists need to let us intuitives do the fumbling around in the dark for them. We are nocturnal, we don't need the facts to see the many truths. ;)

[@natecodesai]

lol

[@Rugops42]

I'm sorry citizen you have insufficient credits to pay your CerebroCast bill all neurological functions will be terminated at midnight.

[@tonybparalegal]

When he's in full frame and you look at him squinty, he's the spitting image of Phil Silvers.

[@MrConorWB]

Despite almost every comment being an argument, the comments are quite good for this video. Instead of commenters just shouting and sprouting insults they are actually engaging with one another about this serious subject. Well done people, you have done the internet proud this day.

[@americanpatriot2809]

Ray is always right. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ibm-makes-tiny-chips-as-small-as-a-blood-cell-10378349.html

[@stefanmetodijev]

this man is a hero of A.I.

[@travman1987]

Ray reminds me of the Draft man from the Daffy Duck cartoons.

[@lebenergy247]

interesting