World-renowned futurist Ray Kurtzweil says the singularity is coming sooner than expected.
Everyone from Elon Musk to the CEO of Google DeepMind has predicted that artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence within a matter of decades. This scenario is often referred to as the AI singularity.
Big tech, academia, and governments around the world have started workshopping potential scenarios to deal with this hypothetical moment. While much has been written about the threat of a violent AI takeover, there’s little in the way of research concerning how a machine could corner the global economy.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil, a former Google researcher who’s considered a luminary in the field of technology, recently published a book entitled “The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI.” In his text, he discusses what he views as our imminent future as the second-smartest beings on Earth.
