Futurist Ray Kurzweil speaking in New Delhi in 2012 (Photo by Kaushik Roy/The India Today Group via Getty Images) In 2005, the futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted that by 2045, machines would become ...

In 2005, futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil popularized the term “the singularity” to capture the idea that man and machine will merge as the next stage of evolution. This was the basis for Kurzweil’s ...

Now 76, the inventor and futurist hopes to reach “the Singularity” and live indefinitely. His margin of error is shrinking. Ray Kurzweil’s sequel to his 2005 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will merge, a concept borrowed ...

The famed futurist remains inhumanly optimistic about the world and his own fate—and thinks the singularity is minutes away. Kurzweil had suggested we meet at the public library in Newton, ...

Jain’s passion is to find solutions to challenges which threaten the balance of sustainable life Singularity University’s founders, Ray Kurzweil and Dr. Peter H. Diamandis are pleased to announce ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You don't exactly become a world-renowned futurist by making safe predictions. And while some of these ...