Singularity Institute. Futurist: We'll someday accept computers as human. Futurist Ray Kurzweil spoke Monday at the South By Southwest Interactive conference.
Ray Kurzweil, the acclaimed inventor and futurist, believes that humans and technology are merging Kurzweil on portentous sci-fi fears about computers: "I don't see it as them vs. us"He spoke to a crowd of more than 3,000 at the South by Southwest Interactive conference Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Any author or filmmaker seeking ideas for a sci-fi yarn about the implications of artificial intelligence -- good or bad -- would be smart to talk to Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil, the acclaimed inventor and futurist, believes that humans and technology are blurring -- note the smartphone appendages in almost everyone's hand -- and will eventually merge. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001. Artilect.Org - Start here. The Artilect War: Cosmists Vs. Terrans: A Bitter Controversy Concerning Whether Humanity Should Build Godlike Massively Intelligent Machines (9780882801544): Hugo de Garis.
The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive (9780385533065): Brian Christian.