Raymond Kurzweil

The life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil. Prepare to evolve. (Tag lines.)

Filmmakers Scott Glosserman and Nic Hill engagingly explore the history and cultural implications of one of the most traveled and referenced sites on the Internet, Wikipedia. (indb)

Will man go beyond biology? It's an age-old dream to create intelligent machines that equal their human creators. Computer experts around the world, like Raymond Kurzweil and Hiroshi Ishiguro, strive to fulfill their bold visions. Meanwhile, of all people one of the pioneers of the computer age, Joseph Weizenbaum, battles against the limitless faith of society in the redemptive powers of technology. A fascinating yet uncanny and sometimes grotesque journey into science reality. (imdb)

This documentary talks about the potential dangers of the application, man, some of our current and future technologies. The human being he will merge with machines? The tension between, on the one hand, various incentives that lead some to desire a merger with the machine and, secondly, the resistance that such a merger may create. (neohumanitas.org)

The filmmaker engages futurists, scientists, scholars, anti-technology advocates and even Ted Kaczynski, aka the 'Unabomber,' to uncover a big-picture view of our ongoing relationship to technology. These interviews explore issues like: What is the origin of technology? Is technology 'neutral' or does is have an 'intent?' In a world of high technology, what is value of living things? (welcometothemachinemovie.com)

The 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. The social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age. (singularity.com)

THE SINGULARITY is a comprehensive and insightful documentary that examines technology's accelerating rate, and deftly addresses the resulting moral questions. (thesingularityfilm.com)

Documentary about the risks associated with the development of artificial intelligence and big data.