Ray Kurzweil: AI is still on course to outpace human intelligence

Re:Ray Kurzweil: AI is still on course to outpace human inte... by 50656E6973 on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:19PM (#18963725)

>Loon...craziness...delusions...needs psychiatric help.

I agree many of his predictions are bad but you should calm down with the gaslighting, it's ignorant of science history (the same was said of Aristotle, Semmelweis, Wright Brothers...) and is an impotent way of debating, especially in the context of science.

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Re:Ray Kurzweil: AI is still on course to outpace human inte... by peterwwillis on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:35PM (#18963830)

The thing is, even if someone is a genius, some of their output may have been total quackery. See: Pythagoras, Empedocles, Tycho Brahe, Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla, Jack Parsons, Howard Hughes, James Watson, etc. Things that sound crazy are a good indicator to be skeptical and verify claims.

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Re:Ray Kurzweil: AI is still on course to outpace human inte... by drb91 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @12:17AM (#18966149)

Lazy descriptions maybe, but how is this related to gaslighting? The parent comment doesn’t appear to be attempting to manipulate anyone.

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