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Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is an author of books on artificial intelligence and the technological singularity, including The Singularity Is Near, The Singularity Is Nearer, The Age of Spiritual Machines and How to Create a Mind; he received the 1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, became Director of Engineering at Google and co-founded Singularity University.

894 claims collected, 397 researched, 78 resolved. Report of 5 November 2026, method 0.1.0+28da144b.

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  • Factual claims

    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    68 61 75

    High confidence, 69 factual claims resolved. From 13 documents, 2000 to 2026; 15 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 61 unresolvable, 14 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    42 25 60

    Low confidence, 9 predictions resolved. From 4 documents, 2001 to 2020; 15 documents sampled from 30 candidates found.

    Not scored: 140 unresolvable, 2 checkable only against their own records. 98 more fall due later.

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  • Promises

    Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

    Insufficient record: 0 promises resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 1 not yet due.

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All types combined: 65 (likely 58 to 71, high confidence), from 78 claims: 69 factual claims, 9 predictions. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Ray Kurzweil's claims

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Not yet due Prediction 4 Jun 2026 Because people define AGI differently, there will be a roughly three-year period (around 2026 to 2029) in which people predict AGI is here. Prediction · 4 Jun 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 4 Jun 2026 AI will merge with humans so that people cannot tell whether a thought comes from their AI or their biological brain. Prediction · 4 Jun 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Jan 2026 People won't necessarily have jobs as such in future, and how to deal with that is unclear. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction 20 Jan 2026 Kurzweil said he thinks that by 2029 everyone will accept that AGI has been achieved. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 20 Jan 2026 Humanity will reach longevity escape velocity by 2032, with medical advances giving back a year for each year aged. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 Other global risks
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Jan 2026 Society will be able to produce enough that everyone is wealthy by today's standards. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction 20 Jan 2026 Within the next 10 years humans will reach Kurzweil's definition of the singularity, being at least a thousand times more intelligent. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Jan 2026 Humans will merge with AI so that biological and computational intelligence become the same thing. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 Technology
Not yet due Prediction 20 Jan 2026 Kurzweil said he thinks that in 2026 there will be many things that remind people of AGI, but that people will not be convinced AGI has arrived in 2026. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 20 Jan 2026 People will not be able to tell whether an idea comes from biological or computational intelligence. Prediction · 20 Jan 2026 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 After longevity escape velocity, medical progress will solve aging as we know it, without guaranteeing immortality. Prediction · Mar 2025 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 In the 2030s humans will merge with AI intelligence. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Everything is moving to the cloud. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 By 2045 human intelligence will be multiplied millions-fold for everybody. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Within five or six years, around 2029, there will be robots/humanlike helpers that can help people. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 By the 2030s there will be something like residual income for people who need it, because "we" will be able to afford it. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 AI interfaces will ultimately go inside our brains. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Around the 2045 intelligence multiplication, humanity will be able to get rid of lives of terrible poverty and lack of access to information. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 With AI-optimized designs and new compounds, solar power is on track to dominate within a decade. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 There is nothing in which computers will eventually not be better than humans. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 AI will soon drive bio-simulations testing billions of molecular sequences, finding solutions to basically all diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's and aging, over the next number of years. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Coding will ultimately be taken over by machines. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 By 2029, each year that passes will extend life expectancy by at least a year, and later by more than a year. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 If the exponential trend he sees in renewable energy continues, renewable energy will be able to provide all of our energy needs within 10 years of March 2025. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Kurzweil said he thinks people will be more different from one another than they are today, given the kinds of skills they will develop. Prediction · Mar 2025 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 As AI spreads through every industry, information technology's 50% annual deflation rate will drive down the cost of everything. Prediction · Mar 2025 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Dying will become an option that people don't use. Prediction · Mar 2025 Biosecurity
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 By the early 2030s we will be able to get all of our energy from renewable sources. Prediction · Mar 2025 Other global risks
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Kurzweil said he imagines people would take medication containing nanobots that travel through the bloodstream, attach themselves to the end of the neocortex and communicate externally. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Humans will integrate AI into themselves and all become master players of Go and anything else they want. Prediction · Mar 2025 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 In the 2030s humans will be able to connect their brains directly to the cloud. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Humanity will be able to deal with climate change through renewable energy sources. Prediction · Mar 2025 Other global risks
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Kurzweil estimates that the singularity, which he describes as the point when we will expand our intelligence a million-fold over our unenhanced capability, will take place in 2045. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 The Turing Test will probably be passed before 2029. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Kurzweil said neural nets will be used to master the human body and how we move, and that he thinks this will be quite prevalent within a few years. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Human brains will be extended to thousands of trillions of connections and become much smarter. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Artificial general intelligence will exist by 2029. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Brain interfaces can connect just to the end of the neocortex rather than the entire brain. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 The AI energy consumption problem will go away over the next few years. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI compute, hardware and data
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Within the next five or six years, robots will do human tasks and be sent into places like burning buildings. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 The remaining things humans do easily that AI cannot will be overcome in the next few years. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 AI-driven medicine will make fantastic progress in the next few years. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Humans will be able to make themselves smarter by merging with AI. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 As computers do more routine work, people will have more time for the positive aspects of parenting. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Kurzweil said that what many people are going into is the way biology is going to be done, and that he would say amazing progress will start in a few years. Prediction · Mar 2025 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 By 2029, computers will pass the Turing test. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 AI will pass the Turing test by 2029, possibly earlier. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 By the 2030s, it won't be a device one has to remember to bring, and people won't know whether the answers their brain seems to give them come from their biological brain or the AI extender. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 People diligent about their health will reach longevity escape velocity by the end of this decade. Prediction · Mar 2025 Biosecurity
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Exponential medical breakthroughs will lead to longevity escape velocity by around 2032. Prediction · Mar 2025 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 There will be a tremendous amount of advances in robotics over the next 10 years. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 Brain interfaces will help people who can't communicate and ultimately enhance our own intelligence. Prediction · Mar 2025 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction Mar 2025 AI and computers doing things more quickly will give people more family time. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction Mar 2025 Kurzweil said that now everybody thinks AI will pass the Turing test by 2029. Prediction · Mar 2025 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction Oct 2024 By 2045 humans will expand their own intelligence a millionfold. Prediction · Oct 2024 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 Computer-driven cars will be much safer than human-driven cars. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 Humans will be able to interface their brains wirelessly to the cloud. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 Major AI companies releasing something causing great harm will face a lot of liability, motivating them to avoid it. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 AI policy and governance
Not yet due Prediction 9 Jul 2024 The singularity will happen in 2045. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 9 Jul 2024 If solar and wind energy keeps doubling every four years, all of our energy would come from those sources in about 10 years, and it will keep getting cheaper. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 Body parts will be recreated, with progress much faster than before. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 This exponential growth can continue for a very long time. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 AI compute, hardware and data
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 AI-generated fakes, probably timed right before the election, are probably the biggest problem AI presents for the 2024 election. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 AI policy and governance
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Jul 2024 Humanity will reach longevity escape velocity. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Other global risks
Not yet due Prediction 9 Jul 2024 In the 2030s we will be able to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being created. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Other global risks
Not yet due Prediction 9 Jul 2024 AGI will arrive within five years, probably sooner. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 9 Jul 2024 Between 2029 and 2035, scientific progress will give back a full year of life expectancy per year. Prediction · 9 Jul 2024 Other global risks
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Ultimately there will be more and more ways of extending human longevity. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Science and research methods
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 AI's added intelligence comes from people and will make humans smarter. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Large language models will enable people to earn enough to live and spend time on things they enjoy. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Humans will merge with computation and become so intelligent that it cannot be described now. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 The part of human intelligence that comes from machines will be backed up and recoverable. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Humans will be able to live indefinitely without aging, continuing to look as they do now. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Within five years AI coding ability will be as good as humans'; currently it is not quite as good. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Eventually people will be far better off than today despite job disruption from AI. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 In five years one large language model will know everything any human being knows. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Human longevity will increase rather than decrease, though not guaranteed. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Kurzweil said he thinks humanity will reach longevity escape velocity in five years, by 2029. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Within a few years AI will be able to emulate the intelligence any human being can have. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 By 2029 scientific progress will give people back a full year of life expectancy for each year lived. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 After 2029, people will gain back more than a year of longevity per year, effectively going backwards in time regarding longevity. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Kurzweil predicts that in five years (by 2029) one large language model will know everything that any human being knows. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 29 Mar 2024 Despite job losses to automation, people will continue to be better off. Prediction · 29 Mar 2024 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 5 May 2023 Parties that agree to a pause in AI research more powerful than GPT-4 may fall far behind corporations or nations that do not. Prediction · 5 May 2023 AI policy and governance
Not yet due Prediction 2023 In three years, the things being advanced, which the speaker says improve every month, will be quite exciting. Prediction · 2023 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 2023 AI will pass the Turing test by 2029, possibly sooner. Prediction · 2023 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 2023 By 2045 humans will multiply their intelligence millions-fold by adding AI to their brains. Prediction · 2023 AI timelines and forecasting
Not yet due Prediction 2023 By 2029 we should be able to overcome most significant health problems. Prediction · 2023 AI timelines and forecasting
Unresolvable Prediction 2023 Biological simulation of humans will ultimately replace human testing of treatments. Prediction · 2023 Science and research methods
Unresolvable Prediction 16 Sep 2022 Humans will become far smarter by using machines to increase the number of parameters they can consider in decisions. Prediction · 16 Sep 2022 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 16 Sep 2022 Humans will go beyond their current 300 million neocortical modules. Prediction · 16 Sep 2022 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 16 Sep 2022 Humans will be able to multiply their neocortical capacity by ten, a hundred, a thousand, a million. Prediction · 16 Sep 2022 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 16 Sep 2022 Kurzweil said he believes humans will be enhanced by technology. Prediction · 16 Sep 2022 Technology
Unresolvable Prediction 26 May 2022 Digital super intelligence will be within humans rather than separate from them. Prediction · 26 May 2022 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 26 May 2022 People will hear early claims that computers have passed the Turing test and will not pay attention to them. Prediction · 26 May 2022 AI capabilities
Not yet due Prediction 26 May 2022 Beyond the point reached around 2032, a timing he said depends on how diligent a person is, people will get back more than a year of longevity from scientific progress for each year lived. Prediction · 26 May 2022 Biosecurity
Unresolvable Prediction 26 May 2022 Individual people will be able to do more than today because they will have many more skills through AI. Prediction · 26 May 2022 AI, the economy and work
Not yet due Prediction 26 May 2022 It will probably take about four or five years before AI passing the Turing test becomes obvious and no longer a question. Prediction · 26 May 2022 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction 26 May 2022 Designing proteins that flag and destroy cancer cells (e.g. with AlphaProteo) would amount to a cure for cancer. Prediction · 26 May 2022 Science and research methods
Not yet due Prediction 26 May 2022 Kurzweil said he thinks molecular assemblers, which would let people build anything they want anywhere, will arrive more like the 2040s. Prediction · 26 May 2022 Technology
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Ray Kurzweil

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“People would have slightly different definitions of AGI. So there’d be a three-year period where people would predict AGI is here.”

Ray Kurzweil, speaking on Moonshots 4 June 2026 This Week on Moonshots: Ray Kurzweil (Metatrends (Diamandis))

Because people define AGI differently, there will be a roughly three-year period (around 2026 to 2029) in which people predict AGI is here.

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

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deadline 2029 is after 2026-10-30

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Ray Kurzweil, “Because people define AGI differently, there will be a roughly three-year period (around 2026 to 2029) in which people predict AGI is here.” (said 4 June 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_5a3dd12c5421, method 0.1.0+28da144b. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_5a3dd12c5421

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