"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will ...

AW: Many people only know Ray as this kind of zany dreamer, but I think you really portray him as a problem solver—he sees something wrong and he tries to fix it. Do you still see him as more of an ...

Editor's Note: The following is a brief letter from Ray Kurzweil, cofounder and member of the board at Singularity Group, Singularity Hub's parent company, in response to the Future of Life ...

But it ain't happening fast enough for Ray Kurzweil. At least that's the sense one gets from the author, inventor, futurist and now chancellor of the new Singularity University in Silicon Valley, ...

Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will merge, a concept borrowed from the world of quantum physics. American computer scientist and ...