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The Age of Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil's 1999 predictions for 2009, 2019, 2029, 2099. Reading it now is an exercise in scoring forecasts.
Read it if…
you want to grade a futurist.
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Skip it if…
you want current analysis.
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Three things you will actually use
- Some predictions landed.
- Many did not.
- Timing is hardest.
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Read the 2019 predictions and grade them.
Our verdict
Kurzweil, 1999.
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