AGIRecord · kurzweil-1999-2019
Ray Kurzweil
Inventor and futurist
Why they matterInfluential futurist and inventor; author of *The Age of Spiritual Machines* and *The Singularity Is Near*
- Status
- Closed
- Prediction made
- 1999
- Predicted arrival
- 2019
- Interval
- 20 yrs
“A $1,000 computing device is now approximately equal to the computational ability of the human brain… Computers routinely pass the Turing Test.”
Context
Kurzweil laid out dozens of dated 2019 milestones in the book's timeline.
Why it is considered incorrect
In 2019 no system routinely passed the Turing Test; ubiquitous VR embodiment and machines claiming consciousness did not occur.
Source
The Age of Spiritual Machines — Viking