#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
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(00:00 ) – Introduction
(07:06 ) – Turing test
(20:52 ) – Brain–computer interfaces
(32:32 ) – Singularity
(38:51 ) – Virtual reality
(41:31 ) – Evolution of information processing
(47:57 ) – Automation
(57:58 ) – Nanotechnology
(59:52 ) – Nuclear war
(1:01:57 ) – Uploading minds
(1:09:39 ) – How to think
(1:16:09 ) – Digital afterlife
(1:25:29 ) – Intelligent alien life
(1:28:19 ) – Simulation hypothesis
(1:32:31 ) – Mortality
(1:40:11 ) – Meaning of life
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Ray Kurzweil - always intriguing and hovering on the border of "unbelievable" - Ray is a giant of our era.