Prediction · AGI
Ray Kurzweil on AGI
Said
“we will achieve machines in a few decades that have the complexity and richness of human thinking”
Kurzweil forecast machines with human-like behavioral complexity. He discussed consciousness as a philosophical question rather than claiming a current system was conscious.
Source notes
Primary interview transcript explicitly dated June 17, 2000, Scottsdale, Arizona; distinct from the page's updated biography.