{"id":10140,"date":"2014-02-11T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=10140"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:28:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:28:59","slug":"googles-kurzweil-says-the-machines-will-think-for-themselves-by-2040-and-oh-well-be-immortal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/googles-kurzweil-says-the-machines-will-think-for-themselves-by-2040-and-oh-well-be-immortal","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Kurzweil says the machines will think for themselves by 2040, and oh \u2014 we\u2019ll be immortal"},"content":{"rendered":"<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/adview?ai=B-BnvF_r6UtHDL863lQfhpYGwAZGvn_cEAAAAEAEgADgAWNme-LGYAWDJ7oaLvKSwGYIBF2NhLXB1Yi05NzM2MDkyNjA0Njc3NTE2sgETd3d3LmJpempvdXJuYWxzLmNvbboBCWdmcF9pbWFnZcgBCdoBZWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYml6am91cm5hbHMuY29tL3Nhbmpvc2UvbmV3cy8yMDE0LzAyLzA3L3JheS1rdXJ6d2VpbC1nb29nbGUtd2lsbC1pbnZlbnQtdHJ1ZS5odG1sP3BhZ2U9YWxswAIC4AIA6gIdNDYzNS9iemouc2Fuam9zZS9hcnRpY2xlX3BhZ2X4AoHSHpAD8AGYA6QDqAMB0ASQTuAEAZIFCQgHGAEgmdHNGKAGIA&amp;sigh=ZDKKOTN-0ms&amp;adurl=http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/imgad\/1482981\/verisign_2014_interstitial.html%3Ft%3D10%26cT%3Dhttp%253A\/\/bizjournals.com%26l%3Dhttp%253A\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/bio\/3731\/Jon+Xavier\" rel=\"author\">Jon Xavier \u2014 <\/a>Technology Reporter- <em>Silicon Valley Business Journal<\/em><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a class=\"ct saveLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/googles-kurzweil-says-the-machines-will-think-for-themselves-by-2040-and-oh-well-be-immortal.jpg\">Google<\/a> engineering director <a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/adview?ai=B-BnvF_r6UtHDL863lQfhpYGwAZGvn_cEAAAAEAEgADgAWNme-LGYAWDJ7oaLvKSwGYIBF2NhLXB1Yi05NzM2MDkyNjA0Njc3NTE2sgETd3d3LmJpempvdXJuYWxzLmNvbboBCWdmcF9pbWFnZcgBCdoBZWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYml6am91cm5hbHMuY29tL3Nhbmpvc2UvbmV3cy8yMDE0LzAyLzA3L3JheS1rdXJ6d2VpbC1nb29nbGUtd2lsbC1pbnZlbnQtdHJ1ZS5odG1sP3BhZ2U9YWxswAIC4AIA6gIdNDYzNS9iemouc2Fuam9zZS9hcnRpY2xlX3BhZ2X4AoHSHpAD8AGYA6QDqAMB0ASQTuAEAZIFCQgHGAEgmdHNGKAGIA&amp;sigh=ZDKKOTN-0ms&amp;adurl=http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/imgad\/1482981\/verisign_2014_interstitial.html%3Ft%3D10%26cT%3Dhttp%253A\/\/bizjournals.com%26l%3Dhttp%253A\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/sanjose\/search\/results%253Fq%253DRay%252520Kurzweil\">Ray Kurzweil<\/a> is, undoubtedly, one of the most accomplished men of our time. The relentless inventor \u2014 whose credits include the flatbed scanner, optical character resolution and speech-to-text- systems \u2014 is also a bestselling author, a successful entrepreneur, and an artificial intelligence pioneer.<\/p>\n<p>His current title at Google, then, always seemed a little puzzling to me \u2014 after all, wasn\u2019t he the sort of guy to set his sights on something a little higher than juicing sales of online advertisements at the world\u2019s biggest Web search engine?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil is, undoubtedly, one of the most accomplished men of our time. The relentless inventor \u2014 whose credits include the flatbed scanner, optical character resolution and speech-to-text- systems \u2014 is also a bestselling author, a successful entrepreneur, and an artificial intelligence pioneer.  His current title at Google, then, always seemed a little puzzling to me \u2014 after all, wasn\u2019t he the sort of guy to set his sights on something a little higher than juicing sales of online advertisements at the world's biggest Web search engine?\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Xavier \u2014 Technology Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil is, undoubtedly, one of the most accomplished men of our time. The relentless inventor \u2014 whose credits include the flatbed scanner, optical character resolution and speech-to-text- systems \u2014 is also a bestselling author, a successful entrepreneur, and an artificial intelligence pioneer. 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