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ttkciar t1_izk9mgi wrote

Reply to comment by jdvfx in The technological singularity is happening (oc/opinion) by FrogsEverywhere

Kurzweil was always a grifter and a charlatan. A good one, too -- he fooled a lot of people, including his current employers, despite having nothing of value to offer.

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footurist t1_izmbg49 wrote

That's a bit harsh. The guy accomplished a lot actually, queue the insufferably long list of patents and inventions...

Although it's becoming more obvious these days that it's likely going to take a bunch of conceptual breakthroughs to change course towards AGI from what's currently being developed. Admittedly he foresaw things to be quite different than they are today. Also the broken record stuff...

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