The Singularity Countdown: AGI by 2029, Humans Merge with AI, and Intelligence Multiplies 1000x | Ray Kurzweil | 223

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Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor and futurist best known for his pioneering work in optical character recognition and his predictions regarding the technological singularity.

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