Why AGI Is Close but Not Here Yet | Ray Kurzweil | EP #261

About this episode

Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler discuss the future of AGI with Ray Kurzweil.

In this episode, the mates and Steven Kotler sit down with Ray Kurzweil to discuss AGI, the future, and more. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor and futurist best known for his pioneering work in optical character recognition and his predictions regarding the technological singularity. Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, and founder of the Flow Research Collective and Flow Institute, known for his work on flow and human performance. – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy Your body is incredibly good at hiding disease. Schedule a call with Fountain Life…

People in this episode

Host: Peter H. Diamandis

Guest: Ray Kurzweil

Topics covered

• AGI
• future technology
• metatrends
• human performance
• technological singularity

Keywords

• AGI
• Ray Kurzweil
• future
• technological singularity
• metatrends

Sponsors

Fountain Life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, A360, Open ExO, Exponential Venture Capital, Flow Research Collective, Flow Institute, Link Ventures

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