ClaimsRay Kurzweil

“AI is going to go inside of us and make us much smarter than we were before.”

Ray Kurzweil, speaker 26 May 2022 Ray Kurzweil: 2022-2025 Updates (transcripts) (LifeArchitect.ai) archived copy

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AI will go inside humans and make them much smarter than before.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

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Reasoning

Prediction of AI inside humans, which has not happened and is expected in the 2030s.

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Ray Kurzweil, “AI will go inside humans and make them much smarter than before.” (said 26 May 2022). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_fa1824bdb405, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_fa1824bdb405

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