Predicting the future Quote by Ray Kurzweil

““we are constantly predicting the future and hypothesizing what we will experience. This expectation influences what we actually perceive. Predicting the future is actually the primary reason that we have a brain.””

Ray Kurzweil

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By the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's…

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We're democratizing the tools of creativity.

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A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life.

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