{"id":130370,"date":"2024-11-13T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindseyemag.com\/magazine\/?p=130370"},"modified":"2024-11-18T21:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T03:53:29","slug":"the-singularity-is-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindseyemag.com\/magazine\/the-singularity-is-near\/","title":{"rendered":"The Singularity is Near"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pin.it\/6IW4Tu80b\"><em>Image Source<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from t he bestselling author of\u00a0 How to Create a Mind and The Singularity is Nearer\u00a0 who Bill Gates calls \u201cthe best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. 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