Raymond Kurzweil - What is the Far Far Future of Humans in the Universe?

Consider humanity's astounding progress in science during the past three hundred years. Now take a deep breath and project forward three billion years. Assuming humans survive, can we even conceive of what our progeny might be like?
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[@michaelchamberlain8851]

Ray Kurzweil has a 90% success prediction rate based on using Science and Mathematics.... people should do their homework on this man before they make negative comments

[@honestyfenix530]

+Mr. M. Chamberlain: YOU can make predictions based on what we KNOW, but not about something of which you have no clue!!!! Why am I bothering to write this anyway??!!! You're gonna believe what YOU wanna believe anyway!

[@michaelchamberlain8851]

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[@michaelchamberlain8851]

Forget Sci-Fi movies and forget astrology only base your opinions on facts and scientific data this person Ray Kurzweil makes all of his predictions only based on facts and scientific findings... he has a 90% success rate you people need to do your research...

[@mypetcrow9873]

Michael Chamberlain I only have five words for Ray ‘Imminent total global environmental collapse...”

[@michaelchamberlain8851]

Christopher Geer please explain

[@isatousarr7044]

The far future of humanity in the universe raises profound questions. Physicists ponder how we might adapt to an ever-expanding cosmos, survive as energy becomes scarce, and evolve beyond our biological forms. They also consider how we might protect ourselves from cosmic hazards and what our fate will be as the universe approaches its end. These inquiries reflect both the uncertainty and curiosity about humanity's ultimate destiny in the cosmos.

[@Ssotta]

Ray goal: increase computation capability in order to increase our knowledge. Interviewer ideal: spread life through the galaxy/universe. It appears to me that the interviewer, despite asking Ray 3 times, didn't manage to get a comment about this from Ray

[@LiviuAndron]

He did at the end of the video: is a necessary step, but not in itself (space exploration).

[@JabberCT]

We'll be like that robot... "Danger, Will Robinson"

[@coenraadloubser5768]

There are already 2 types of humans: Those supplementing their communication, memory and decisionmaking with technology, and those who don't.... At the same time we're spawning a race of machines... and there will be something inbetween too... Modern day India is arguably inhabited by 4 epochs of civilization... all together, this very day... the future is here, it's just not distributed evenly... and not the same future for everybody. The divide between rich and poor doesn't see that todays poor is richer than yesterdays rich... and that the new super rich are those who want to become machines...

[@omardavila8587]

We are not alone I can assure you of that.

[@towermoss]

Can you?

[@SolaceEasy]

Mr Kurzweil is a visionary. All visions are incomplete, awaiting further revelation. His perspective seems to put the position of human in a position of supremacy in life's quest. Perhaps we should be humble to the potential that another nexus point of consciousness has achieved more than us elsewhere. We can only see what has happened in the past, after all. Another point: if other nexus points of consciousness in the cosmos have developed to this non-biological ability to exist, in this state, couldn't they use communication methods incomprehensible to our current abilities to detect and understand this communication medium, let alone the messages?

[@poonoi1968]

It's springtime, food is plenty and all is quiet. Alive right now is good. I may even have an icecream later on...I don't know. Wish everywhere was as peaceful as this place right now and that you find many reasons to smile today. Tomorrow isn't here yet.

[@bridgenorton537]

I think the body could MAYBE be transformed with non organics, however our track record with organic transplants alone doesn’t bode well, but I don’t think the human mind would “survive” the process of not being in a human body all that well..

[@RickDelmonico]

Under Kurzweil's definition, we are already in a simulation, unless we are alone. The most advanced technology will be constrained by space and time. The material world is the condensation of information.

[@MelliaBoomBot]

i don;t think I heard anything about how we should evolve and love more....love is all.

[@Felipe-zl1rj]

Humans are not about love. The only way we can get to a "loving society" is if we make sure everyone has everything and there's no competition. Maybe AI can get us there. Humans mostly only care about themselves, and that includes me and you. Love does exist, but it's a very very weak thing, unlike stories, movies, religion and our imagination usually portray it. And that's sad, I wish love was more of a real consistent possibility. But it is not, unfortunately. We are here because we evolved by killing our competitors in nature in the process of natural selection. Selfishness is hardwired in our brains. It's a bad world out there.

[@iARTEMKAi]

Wow! I'm starting to save up money for the future, then I'll switch to the cyborg body! Plans are settled.

[@_BobaFett_]

Ha, unlikely. Best wishes.

[@AlmostEthical]

I like Ray. Brilliant man, and one of the few out there thinking beyond humanity as we know it. Post-humans will expand outwards into space, not just for new sources of information, but to solve basic existential problems, such as Earth's habitability and the Sun's eventual expansion into a red giant. Post-humans will also explore "inner space", with ever more post-humans living an entirely virtual/digital existence. I only disagree with RK that post-humans can be considered human. Technically, that means being capable of mating with normal humans and producing viable offspring. I doubt that post-biological humans would have viviparous births per se.

[@newbieartist5422]

Hes being interviewed by his future robot "machine" self. Its like, future of the past! :o

[@DanielSMatthews]

Ok so Ray is going with the "well somebody has to be first" argument, fair enough it is a logical view I have held for a while too, but there are others that are just as logical. Why assume that an advanced civilisation has it's computing substrates in the first three dimensions if string theory suggests there are 11 of them?

[@MrBeaux]

Also, why assume that we could have any conception of what superintelligent beings were doing if they were out there. If the difference in intelligence between us and those superintelligent beings was like the difference between an ant and us, it would be like supposing that an ant crawling out of a crack in the sidewalk could understand what in the world humans were capable of doing. The ant could use its senses to observe what we're capable of doing, but it would not have the capacity to understand any of it.

[@DanielSMatthews]

Very true, and as far as I know the entirety of the "nest mind" has yet to be fully understood by humans. There are many different ways of solving problems so diffuse intelligences may actually be common on worlds where evolutionary factors favoured their accelerated development. It would be possible to have an organic radio, think about a spiral nerve around ferrite crystals. Imagine 100,000 little computers (ant like brains) all talking via radio, a natural supercomputer.

[@DanielSMatthews]

@Htx457 The truth is that there is no "The truth". 😏

[@DanielSMatthews]

@Htx457 Or simply sarcasm.

[@hrvojeherceg2636]

Holy sh*t, he actually looks younger!

[@mdilascio]

Telling a story doesn't make you "futuristic".. making things happen does... Mr. Kurzweil opinions are significant to science as advertising is significant to quantum mechanics.

[@javieraguirre9135]

he actually doesnt look that old, i think all his life extension pills may be working

[@monalisa72775]

Javier Aguirre Have you seen Liz Taylor lately? She is looking good.

[@balloonable]

This may be an old video. He says in the video that 2045 is "four decades from now", so it may be that this was filmed in 2005 (and this youtube version/instance was 'published' recently).

[@Bluudclaat]

Life is in the eyes, his aren’t so bright

[@ottodetroit]

Fun discussion but history shows nobody predicts the future very accurately. The farther out you try to predict the less accurate prediction becomes

[@blackjack5587]

In those days they became prideful of their knowledge and their high places amongst men and started to call evil from below....as you read on they got stopped -Thoth Emerald Tablets

[@IncolasCopperfield]

when was this recorded?

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

Could be place and role in consciousness is future of humanity in the universe?

[@ahmedp800]

So you are telling me there is a chance I can become a cyborg? Cool!

[@ahmedp800]

Bainsworth Wow very original, you came up with it yourself?

[@heliumfilaments4368]

Bainsworth who cares

[@DanielSMatthews]

Yes but not in the way you probably imagine, at first it will just be like having the sort of parasites that many people (particularly cat owners) have living in their bodies already. Except the "parasites" will be engineered and will convey benefits to their host. Imagine things the size of these with benefits and no side effects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii then you can see how possible the ideas he is talking about are.

[@THERE.IS.NO.DEATH.]

ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE!!!

[@elultimopujilense]

Ahmed360 if you have an smartphone, you kinda are.

[@konberner170]

Pretty much he predicts we be come the Borg.

[@davidkugel]

Resistance is futile.

[@username6135]

Space Odyssey.. still have no clean water or housing on this planet. Still cant get video from Mars or even build a supersonic plane. I do like the optimism though.

[@blueenergyshowtime]

Supersonic planes are everywhere. You mean faster than light plane?

[@KristoferPettersson]

Good. We should be wary of posthumanism but embrace the inevitable transhumanism, but in order to do this there's a significant challenge in going from isolationism and tribialism to including imperialism (ie we're attracting everyone to join and also provide opportunity to join) where we appropriate everything according to a continuity criteria which guarantee that any human in humanity still realise that we could have been the same given comprehensible changes to our lives.

[@gsilcoful]

Thank you.

[@dustinm5070]

why did he say 2045 was 4 decades from now?

[@gj9157]

Dustin M Old video

[@commandershepard1944]

Time travel

[@gunnarthegumbootguy7909]

I don't think the video is that old, it's more likely that he just like many of us made a mistake.... i do this all the time thinking "we're a few years after the year 2000" and get almost shocked when i realize that there are people born in 2000 who are 18 years old now... to me they should be babies.... If I think about 2050 I would spontaneously think it's 2000-ish now so that's 50 years from now even though it's more like 30 (32).... i'm not even that old... just turned 36... of course if I think a little on it naturally i realize what year it is (if I remember, I might get it wrong by a small number thinking it's 2016), but still.... in a conversation like this i'd say a guestimation of 40 would spring to mind if thinking about 2045

[@donaldhobson8873]

The vast increases in "knowledge" are coming from peoples photos being in high definition, and other sources where value per byte is very low. Knowledge value is growing more slowly.

[@dg9334]

His logic is quite simple: we will have to expand beyond Earth and later beyond solar system. But biological life is not suitable for travel in space, especially over such long distances. So we will have to improve technology for faster travel and for not being biological, at least not fully. So the future is space travel that can be hundreds and thousands of years to other stars, while it will be technologically enhanced mostly non-biological humans that can be in space for such long time. The problem of course is whether humans will reach such advanced civilization before getting extinct.

[@oskarngo9138]

If humans become non or different biological.., ...Are Humans still Humans then..?

[@zheelaresa1779]

Is it me - or is thisguy intrviewing and answering himself ?!

[@dodlbrodl]

I feel like he is speaking in 2024, but that was already two decades earlier in 2004. Wow

[@courtlaw1]

I think any advanced civilization out in the universe that are aware of Earth looking at how we treat each other and the planet will probably stay clear of Earth. There is probably a galactic law to stay away from back water planets like earth. I think the one thing everyone skips over is that once space travel and colonization of other planets become fairly easy humanity will splinter into different species. I for one hope this happens. This is really the only way we get to see a Star Trek like universe 5 to 10,000 years into the future.

[@blueenergyshowtime]

After working on engines for more than 10 years I now believe we are going to be the first interstellar travel civilization of this universe.

[@danbreeden1801]

And seeding the rest of the universe with life as in we are the first born as in 2001 a space Odyssey

[@MrAndrew535]

Well Ray, thank you for the question. There is currently no frame of reference for the future of the human species. This is largely because the identifiers will no longer be present. Currently, humanity can only identify itself in relation to its five senses which are inherently finite. All experiences generated by those senses will also become obsolete and redundant. Beyond the event horizon of the singularity, human experience will bear no resemblance to what it is today, to the extent that it will scarcely qualify as human. There will, for example, be no individual experience of consciousness, by today's measure it will seem incredibly lonely to every mind, to the extent that mind even exists today" will be unaware of other minds. because there will be only one single consciousness, from an experiential point of view, there will be no use for language and will, therefore, be absent.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

Andew Tarjanyi How will thoughts occur without some sort of language?

[@MrAndrew535]

Charles Brightman thank you, that is a fine question. Both "thoughts" and "language" are inextricably linked with the same problem which is that of a fractured consciousness, a state which appears to be existentially unnatural. That is to say, unnatural as a universal constant. When, for example, we are discussing the state of consciousness present, beyond the event horizon of the singularity we can only do so with a highly specific frame of reference, that of universal constants. It is my contention that such is the conclusion, so-called AI will come to, as a necessary existential state both for itself and that of an elevated state of human cognition. In such a state, language would simply have no function. The symptoms, from our current perspective and frame of reference of such a state of consciousness, resemble those of death but would more likely resemble a permanent experience one would expect in a sensory deprivation tank. In short, thoughts are given form and structure through language in order to exchange experience from one consciousness to another derived almost exclusively from the five senses. As a unified state, neither thought nor language would be required as they would have no function.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

Andew Tarjanyi And yet you utilized language to convey those thoughts to yourself and others. Edit: And even an AI would utilize 'machine language' to interact with itself.

[@MrAndrew535]

Carles Brightman Although that is currently the case. language between you and I is exclusively the product and solution to an existentially fractured consciousness within a linear time reference. But outside that frame of reference, a whole different set of rules apply which "would not" be limited by such encumbrances. My suspicion is, that nature will always provide tools consistent with states of consciousness. I would argue that this model of elivated consciousness is the only such one available which offers some possibility of human consciousness surviving not only "AI" but all existential threats. At some point in "our" future, biology will cease to be a survival option. Therefore leaving "us" with no alternitive but to considder the above.

[@charlesbrightman4237]

But without a language of some sort, one could not even have a single thought, not even an AI. And without any senses at all, one could not have any experiences. Sure, an entity might exist, but would be stuck in an eternal never changing state of existence. Why exist at all? Just to exist? For who and why? But, if an entity had a language of some sort, they could have thoughts. And if an entity had senses, then they could experience the life that they have in whatever state of existence they might have. And if an entity had a body that could move about, then they could move about their environment. And if an entity could move about their environment, they could interact with that environment. So, it seems two options before us: a. An existence that never ever changes nor ever experiences anything at all, not even it's very own existence. Or, b. An existence that can change, experience life, and have thoughts, including thoughts concerning it's own existence. But now also one has to consider the following: Main stream modern science claims that the current forces of nature all came into existence in the blink of an eye in the early moments of the expansion of the singularity. They also claim that energy cannot be created nor destroyed. They also claim that this universe is expanding, even speeding up as it does so. So, as it was expansion of the singularity that brought the forces of nature into existence, and as the singularity is basically still expanding with energy that cannot be created nor destroyed, and hence energy in existence would be getting less and less dense, most probably on it's way to a 'big freeze', it would seem logic and reason would seem to indicate that the forces of nature should 'evolve' one day, possibly even in the very next moment of expansion of this universe. Since it was expansion that brought the forces of nature into existence and the universe is still expanding. Any current forces of nature going to change? Any new forces of nature going to come about? Any current forces of nature going to go extinct? What happens to all entities in existence probably when, not if, that day occurs? And here again, possibly even in the very next moment of expansion of this universe? Or, is main stream modern science wrong concerning how the forces of nature came into existence, and/or concerning that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, and/or that the universe is still expanding? It would seem we have bigger problems to worry about that might wipe out all life in existence that exists, artificial or not. That or to try to discern more about the very nature of reality itself. Of which then, might give us a better knowledge, understanding and wisdom that we could then apply to continue to consciously exist in some state of existence. If we even can. Or at least so it currently seems to me.

[@pagamenews]

Wow. I consider myself a bit of a "fan" of Carl Sagan. But after listening to this man talk, I start to find Dr. Sagan a bit "timid" in his ideas. If we are not alone in the universe, then there should be a lot of proverbial signs of intelligent life that we should be able to recognize - even from distant galaxies. And instead of a pale blue marble (or whatever some folks refer to Earth), this man suggests that humankind and our situation is not so humble after all. We won't be invaded by little green men (and women), but if we ever do encounter intelligent life from another part of the universe, it will most likely be some kind of machine.

[@twirlipofthemists3201]

I don't see computation as a goal in itself. We won't convert the galaxy into a brain unless we have a goal that requires that much thinking. It's hard to imagine such a goal, or why you'd trade literally everything to achieve it. The speed of light limits the utility of physically very large (light year sized) computers. Idk where to draw it, but there's an efficiency curve that imposes a practical limit. Any bigger and you're building a computer for somebody else, too far from you to be useful. Big I can see. Planets, stars, supermassive black holes, okay. Maybe.

[@guythorne7091]

All we add to enhance and increase the information in our bodies we still won't transcend our need to breathe. AUM!!!!!

[@kareszt]

Type 1 = Wego, hence radio is absorbed locally. 5g and higher (xray) becomes the norm. ie. Each tower comms in either laser efficiency(switch) or Spherical density - absorb short distance. Hence the Fonz will be famous but Beiber only comes on US.Bee

[@rileyhoffman6629]

I believe we carry within us, already, the means to our own transcendence, most people just don't know it. Nano-tech intelligence is like Ozempic weight loss; there are unknown and unintended consequences. "The larger the circle of knowledge, the greater the circumference of ignorance that surrounds it." Albert Einstein

[@kajmobile]

No I said CLOSER!! Get closer dammit!! Why did you stop zooming??? This is closer to the truth not farther from the truth! Now give me a TIGHTER shot!!

[@BlackNSB]

Haha. I came here to say this.

[@JM-us3fr]

lol I noticed this too

[@coenraadloubser5768]

Explain explain!

[@David-lp3qy]

I have had nearly an entirely exact prediction of human future. (Intelligent hegemonizing swarm of nanobots tending towards perfect computation for an unbound *final* goal.)

[@jaimel2037]

Ummm... isn't possible that a civilization 1000 times more advanced than us doesn't want to make themselves known to us? And or operates on planes of communication we couldn't imagine exist yet???? Us Little Waring ant's- who would want to. Bother poking our little hornet's nest????

[@zanescheepers2084]

Way ahead of the rest. Resistance is futile!

[@dougg1075]

We notice them in the skies

[@KingWill333]

He's forgetting the Spinigtropuc principle. So knowing that its simple diplopragmatics multiplied by the constant which cancelled the dominate (a1ahhp)

[@tedfitzpatrickyt]

makes sense that the closest intelligent civs are about as advanced as humans

[@scriptblox-tutorials]

Very clever person.(: (:

[@mycount64]

ray is optimistic and linear. we may have less wars and more democracy. we still have religion, power and resource hungry governments. the risk is that the technologies we are creating now become quickly produced and adopted globally if one of these turns out to unknowingly be deadly it could spread and kill us before we know it. Also if a nuke could built in somebody's kitchen believe me we would be dead, the saving grace has been it is difficult to build a nuke. 150 years a go the technology available could not destroy the human race the wars although more of them were not a threat to humanity. You could afford to go to war more often. You could also end up with humans choosing different augmentations or those that could afford it or not which means we end up effectively with different species (if one person chooses intelligence and another physical strength) and with that comes prejudice. I'm a realist unless we will choose to remove those parts of the human psyche. I think the talk with jarrod diamond was more enlightened and balanced.

[@oskarngo9138]

It depends on the amount of (fuel) energy available ..... From the looks of it (Climate Change; Overpopulation; Scarcity)... ...it doesn’t look like humans will have a far, far future...!

[@michaelanderson3096]

Colonize the Moon & Mars + Send space craft to the closest stars within 10 light years - solar sails & electron gun proplusion.

[@ashton2174]

Yumans

[@GreenDistantStar]

Much of his optimism doesn't seem justified now in 2022.

[@ribbedel]

lmao how about now

[@fraser_mr2009]

we aren't even at flying cars yet. we'll colonize our solar system in 10-15 million years tops.

[@lockinload23]

flying cars were already created during WW2, those UFOs we see in 2020 are more than likely Blackbook projects rather than aliens (still possible), the technology isn’t publicly available in masses yet, and you say 10-15 million years just to colonize the solar system? that’s too conservative man, unless a catastrophic event wipes us out. 1000 years in the future it is likely we’re starting to colonize the galaxy whether that be starships or nano technology.

[@euclidofalexandria3786]

How did the person from cambridge get toa mathematics PhD candidate, with almost no grey matter? see scientific american.

[@nikprntss]

See you at the singularity.

[@slbe9721]

Between this man and Elan Musk, we are all doomed.

[@leonoradompor8706]

I am a female God living alive in the Philippines ! But I choose to live here on earth!

[@trumanshow162]

Watching this movie, I thought that transhumanism isn’t redefinition but reconfirmation of humanism, or humanity 😌. Once I was shocked to hear that we can’t live other than to live better. I felt like we’re only increasing whirls on a river. However, I also found that we have far better mechanisms to improve ourselves exponentially 🌈🌎. We may have only to keep uplifting us by new techs, maintaining the soundness of our social activities by wise policies 💖.

[@leonoradompor8706]

Earth is the center of the Universe!

[@patrickboudreau3846]

This man is assuming that advanced aliens would think like us. His only view is an advanced version of himself. Im not judging. Im just saying the ego of man limits our views. An advanced civilisation could realize that conquering everything around them does not bring meaning to life, for example. See, he thinks that we must find ways for our civilisation to have an infinite duration in time. Well, if there are millions of civilisations, some of them must come and go. Its a universal cycle.

[@billtill1603]

All hail, computronium

[@FlawllessCowboy]

So everything will eventually become a computer.

[@sammmmmwilliams]

Hopefully the first nanobots can enter his brain and add an "h" to his pronunciation of (h)uman

[@DanielSMatthews]

Don't be such an 'etard Sam.

[@malizaar4114]

Draconian 's pronounce it as (who-man) human.

[@joejimbo9907]

Sam Williams is that home empty your head is ? Your deep thinking brain can only come up with a stupid shit comment like that ?

[@sammmmmwilliams]

Joe Jimbo the floor is yours Sir. Enlighten us all with your erudition and insight.

[@joejimbo9907]

Sam Williams the floor was yours and you showed all what you have going on in your pea brain.

[@vladark138]

This interview is at least one year old. Probably much older.

[@leonoradompor8706]

The Spirit and the souls of dead persons are embodied in my merciful heart ❤ but I allow some men to be reincarnated!

[@imalwaysright145]

Most of you guys are crazy... 🙄 Like look at the chat. Anyone else agree? 😒

[@AtticusDraco]

yes, i agree

[@marcospedroso3690]

This scientist is totally tripping. What about all that nuclear capability? Eventually, someone is going to deploy them, and then..

[@tonycocchiara7445]

Imagine if we did morf into genetic robots !!! My sex life would be unbelievable, just Imagine how happy your partner would be ! You wouldn't need viara 😂, no seriously being part robot we could dive into the sea maybe without and breathing equipment! Or go into space without a spacesuit !! There would be no boundaries!!!!!

[@sandrakippert9470]

We went to the moon? Really???

[@reptilez]

I am surprised to hear Ray deny the ufo reality. Brother needs to read "Ufo's and The National Security State" by Richard Dolan.

[@sunburnsun]

To transcend biology is to transcend limitation and lose all individuality and identity

[@JasonVectrex_187]

If he had more science in his background, he would make more sense and he would be thinking differently I would agree with maybe half

[@tskcthulhu]

who the fck this guy? a kind of time traveler who knows all civilizied aliens?

[@brandon3636]

We are ahead? LMAO. We are the special ed class of the universe. All the others laugh at us.

[@fraser_mr2009]

@jigga jaw we've just got here.

[@leonoradompor8706]

All matters in the Universe are constantly supplying the earth by atomic molecular gaseous forms!

[@angelchiriboga3904]

There is no purpose but what we make for ourselves. We WILL expand into the machine, BUT we will also splinter and continue. One thing I know humanity has dragged with them is a good fight.- War or just mock.- competition and so on. Those science fiction wars in space are silly- no, we will actually fight out of boredom, were we to be the only beings. I don't think anyone will pick immortality, but they will pick a long life. and all that is provided we don't blow ourselves back into the stone age- One thing i didn't hear is the abolition of religion.- that is step one to all those steps.

[@danielfahrenheit4139]

the human species will converge into Donald trumps

[@commandershepard1944]

Mike Kali we can only dream..

[@danielfahrenheit4139]

more like make the most realistic version of mortal combat

[@elultimopujilense]

Mike Kali i dont think we are doing that bad...

[@Bluudclaat]

Sign me up

[@MBBurchette]

If only humanity loved itself that much

[@DigiWongaDude]

circa 2005 ( 5:00 )

[@sellmav]

Respectfully this is one opinion of one man. Irrelevant.

[@TheWayofFairness]

Ray is nothing if he is lucky . He has no authority over truth. I surrender to truth. So will he one day. He will die just like everyone else.

[@RayZde]

He contradicts himself.

[@honestyfenix530]

I CAME HERE FOR THE TITLE AND WILL NOT WATCH THE VIDEO. Maybe it will help You to read that NOBODY really can have a clue of what our future will be, and much less the Far, Far Future!!! As to the Universe, it is quite huge and unknown. AND TO PRETEND TO KNOW what this will be, you have to be VERY PRETENTIOUS, to say the least. Not even men like Elon Musk now or Albert Einstein (RIP) wud ever dare predict such a thing! But as Rockefeller said: "A sucker is born every minute."

[@jaredbennetts8056]

True, least Elon has a crack at it eh;)

[@PhoenixWoody]

We do not consider mankind from 1000 years ago to be "advanced". Likewise, if we continue on this path, mankind 1000 years from now will not consider us "advanced". The ability to communicate, travel, and play with the forces of the universe are unfathomable 1000 years from now. If you put arrogance aside you realize we are not that smart and not capable of seeing into the future. Ray on the other hand, is much better at it than most. :-)

[@dunk_law]

technology is an artifact of energy - the really need to read Tainter.

[@zheelaresa1779]

Isn't this the guy that made himself a robot girlfriend ?

[@drjojo5551]

Ray..a more beautiful, smarter, brighter machine scares the crap out of the average joe/Jane!! Ray…can we just drop the colour bar???

[@TomekSamcik69]

Where are ethicists, are there any ? Why it's Ray Kurzweil who decides on what' far far future of humanity will look like.

[@ClayMann]

Ray doesn't get to decide. He just gets to give you his opinion because he was asked the question. He's a good person to ask though because he's been so very accurate in predicting how computers and technology will evolve and get better over time. You can go back and look at what he predicted. He's the first to admit that he's not looking into the future. He's just looking at how technology follows this exponential kind of growth and if you project out you can get a pretty accurate look at where tech will be in any given decade and what it will be capable of.

[@RickDelmonico]

Professor Luciano Floridi Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information and Director of the Digital Ethics Lab www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/luciano-floridi/

[@RickDelmonico]

Roger Penrose is better than Kurzweil.

[@TomekSamcik69]

Yes, I can imagine ugly non-augmented obsolete human proletarians and beautiful uber-intelligent exploiting cyber-Capitalist class, can you imagine the class struggle ?

[@integralsun]

We are like very small children whose sphere of influence and interaction is naturally limited to its immediate family and home. In a massively parallel multi-dimensional stream of universes the cosmos is teeming with advanced expressions of life literally inconceivable by our puny developed faculties.and technology. Once we get out of diapers and begin to crawl and walk, vast worlds will open up and be explored.

[@Bluudclaat]

I always wondered what the Jews talked about

[@iisthphir]

Resistance is futile xD

[@monalisa72775]

The world will end before any singularity takes over. It's all in the Bible.

[@JB52520]

Yeah, that part where the Bible talks about the exponential progression of information technology is fascinating.

[@BradHolkesvig]

Zephaniah 1 18: Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealous wrath, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full, yea, sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth. In the next generation, created men will experience some life without the need for a visible body.

[@JB52520]

Just because something is in an old book doesn't make it true or relevant.

[@rowbeartow7376]

Ego much, Ray ? Note the lower book shelf..................I mean, COME ON !!!

[@JB52520]

I'm pretty sure this is the interviewer's house.