Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes … - Ray Kurzweil

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I have on the one hand a hatred and on the other a yearning for Vienna. I left when I was nine years old because I was Jewish. And even before 1938, the anti-Semitism in Austria was probably deeper than it was in Germany or in other European countries.

Ray Kurzweil

Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion.

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Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.

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All of our schools need to bring 'learn from doing' into the mainstream education, not just afternoon.

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We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.

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Although I'm not prepared to move up my prediction of a computer passing the Turing test by 2029, the progress that has been achieved in systems like Watson should give anyone substantial confidence that the advent of Turing-level AI is close at hand. If one were to create a version of Watson that was optimized for the Turing test, it would probably come pretty close.

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The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious. . . . Does it have feelings?

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