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Re:What Is Ray Kurzweil Up to at Google? by Iv on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @10:51PM (#14916591)
My theory is that Kurzweil was behind the acquisition by Google of several robotics company but it turned out disastrous (the guy has a lot of grandiose claims but apparently pretty average skills) and then they were sold back.

If you want to follow singularity candidates, rather put your eyes on Softbank, who has bought Boston Dynamics, Schaft, ARM, and shares of Nvidia.

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Re:What Is Ray Kurzweil Up to at Google? by lz400 on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:16AM (#14916920)
I don't know he's credited with inventing the flatbed scanner and also what were probably the best music synthesizers of his time (which are still called Kurzweil!). That seems pretty impressive. But this was all a long time ago, it could be he's been too many years in the writing/talks circuit and has become too rusty for practical engineering.
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Re:What Is Ray Kurzweil Up to at Google? by iandanforth on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:26AM (#14917380)
That was all Andy Rubin.
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