Ray Kurzweil is a nut. I've read a couple of his books, and he really wants to combine new agey spiritualism with future science discoveries. He also has some wacky ideas about health. He has his blood filtered from time to time, monitors metabolites in his bloodstream on a regular basis, and gets chemical IV infusions that he believes will make him live longer.

Some of his predictions have been very good, but a lot of them are far fetched. Most of the things he correctly predicted for the past decade were technologies that were already growing at the time of his predictions. He didn't nail anything that was particularly shocking.  Arthur C. Clarke could make very realistic predictions about future technologies because he understood technology AND how people use technology. Kurzweil has a decent grasp of technology, but his predictions are really based on what he wants the future to be like.

Besides, for some odd reason, almost all Artificial Intelligence specialists are oddballs. I think they all have God-complexes, because they believe that their discoveries will shape the future of robotics, cybernetics, and eventually, humankind. AI hasn't really advanced at all in 25 years, because all of the key players have these strong and stubborn personalities.

I don't care how crazy the guy is...I want midichlorians!  ...err....nanobots!

From my limited experience with A.I. and Cybernetics people I've met Kevin Warwick a few times at my university, he seems like a media grabbing whore to me.

I have no idea why anyone would want this since it sounds like all human endevour in art and physical prowess would become nul and void, thus making our existence pointless and now infinite.

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