Skimmed it he says he’s lying: We’re not going to get to zero by 2050, I don’t think,” he added.

  • TheWurstman [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 days ago

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/29/ray-kurzweil-google-ai-the-singularity-is-nearer

    Idk hard to be optimistic under these conditions also don’t know much about the guy

    • Barx [none/use name]
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      2 days ago

      Kurzweil is a "futurologist" crackpot that just makes shit up and is constantly wrong.

    • plinky [he/him]
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      2 days ago

      What is your own plan for immortality? My first plan is to stay alive, therefore reaching longevity escape velocity. I take about 80 pills a day to help keep me healthy. Cryogenic freezing is the fallback. I’m also intending to create a replicant of myself [an afterlife AI avatar], which is an option I think we’ll all have in the late 2020s. I did something like that with my father, collecting everything that he had written in his life, and it was a little bit like talking to him. [My replicant] will be able to draw on more material and so represent my personality more faithfully.

      I know all about this guy