Humanity’s countdown to a technological breaking point now has a startlingly specific number on it: 19 years. One of the ...

In the rapidly advancing age of artificial intelligence, humanity cannot turn a blind eye to technological singularity. It is no wonder, AI is evolving at breakneck speed, sparking the ...

The countdown is on.

In the final analysis, human fragmentation into separate and competitively hostile states is unnatural. Because it is contrary to intellectual understanding and natural law,[1] such fragmentation ...

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 ...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this month, Elon Musk said artificial intelligence will exceed human intelligence this year. But he and other tech executives also warn that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Futurist Raymond Kurzweil has a new ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, Silicon Valley anticipated the moment when a new technology would come along and change everything. It would unite human and machine, probably for the better but possibly ...

The notion of singularity has fascinated and intrigued for centuries, both for its conceptual richness and its ability to cross disciplines. In physics, it evokes extreme places like black holes, ...

Humans have pondered this question since the times of the ancient Greeks, and the Myth of bronze automaton Talos — forged by the god Hephaestus to protect the island of Crete — says Ray Kurzweil in ...

Many jokes are being cracked about the prediction of doomsday Saturday, in which the “Rapture” is supposedly coming tomorrow, heralding the end of days. From the CNN story: By now, you’ve probably ...