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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will ...

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Ray Kurzweil has left a mark on our lives. The 76-year-old computer scientist, author, inventor and futurist is responsible for advances in technologies we take for granted: optical character ...

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