What You Need to Know About the Future with Legendary Futurist Ray Kurzweil | Impact Theory 

Ray Kurzweil is a true visionary, and he has been a reference of mine for years. He actually took time to answer questions that I had about the Singularity when I was in high school a few years ago when I emailed him. He even sent me a signed copy of his book! Great interview Tom!

You should have him on the show in 500 years!

Ray is wearing 2 watches. That's how much more time he has.

When a man wears two watches... you know he means business.

wow Ray kurzweil in ur show thats really a huge jump for your show keep going Tom

Tom Bilyeu!!! 😄😄😚 ur hands down the best interviewer on the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen!!!!! Thank u for being such an epic interviewer every time!!!!! Over & over!!! Sooo so great truly! I can go on and on w/ my gushing accollaids.

His perspective on the future is valid. We can hope it comes true. The personal future always depends on the proper personal passion. Joy for being useful, valuable and helpful will be alway be valid.

a mindset that not everyone is ready for... really another level..

Ray is having an entry type of lucid dream if it's one at all. When I have had lucid dreams I have been deeply asleep, not in that light state where you are almost awake. It is an unquestionable experience where you become completely aware and conscious but realize you also deeply asleep. I think some people have never had a true lucid dream but wish they had and this sounds like one of those.

“Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope,tied between beast and overman - a rope over an abyss. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Omg, I’ve done this type of dreaming to solve engineering problems when I was in college and now, my dreams mostly sort out personal situational stress. I love that this came up in this interview. Makes me consider utilizing dreaming more intentionally by thinking of individual work problems before sleep.

I used to work inside of lucid dreams a number of times, I have a memory trick that works for me for carrying ideas over to waking life.

To all the folks calling him a "lunatic" I want to ask if they do n o t know this famous quote: "What we need is some crazy people; look where the normals have got us." (George Bernard Shaw)

Absolutely amazing... on so many fronts! Talk about belief and self-confidence? Such a great model of the human potential to succeed !

How to Create a Mind is absolute must read...at least twice. Have been considering his projections since the days of the Kurzweil synthesizer. Thanks Tom! Have been waiting for this episode for a long time.

Just so you know, if you've watched this interview with Ray Kurzweil you've already seen them all. He says the exact same thing each and every time.

29:29 ""We will multiply our intelligence a billion fold by the year 2045.." Okay that's very interesting to say the least.

One of your best interviews. You were incredibly well prepared and it’s obvious he was impressed by the quality of your questions. Saved this video into my “favorites”.

The look on Tom’s face when Ray describes his vision of the singularity is absolute gold.

Thank you for sharing this! I took a page full of notes 😃

that toupee makes me question all of his choices and claims)

This man is on such a different level he's rocking two watches!

Dear Meagan, I agree with you , l also have used this type of dream psychology, but more intuitively, dreams tell you where you are @ , whom may not be the best relationship for you on a much deeper level ,etc ,if you meditate regularly this will be a given ,we are connecting to our energetic level , many movement disciplines will also teach you this & how to apply it . I thank Tom ,he brings us amazing content, we can only grow from this

What I like most about Ray (other than his genius intellect) is that he is incredibly calm and composed. He doesn't show any hint doubt when expressing his bold ideas. But I find it a bit odd that he has signed up for cryogenic freezing of his body if he dies (it's odd because he says he has entered "stage 2", and that he is already gaining years as he age).

Can definitely do his version of lucid dreaming in the afternoon too. Usually a heavy impulse to nap washes over and if you just sit back and close your eyes for awhile...boom.

Great episode. It's fascinating that even though he was describing the technological singularity in a positive light, it was so easy for my mind to deep dive into why those things might end up hurting the human race, like what form inequality would take if some people had access to this technology and others didn't, how this much intelligence might be abused, etc. Which really went back to an earlier point he made--we are badly equipped to see how good the world is right now. Negativity bias is a wild ride! Congrats on getting such an incredible voice on the show!

Love the portable Impact Theory studio, Tom sure crosses all his t's and dots his i's!

Kurzweil is definitely a brilliant man, I've seen many of his predictions and creations and I'm not disputing that. But he has two watches on in this video. Could it be he's so successful because he has twice as much time available?

You'll be watching this 20 years from now, and you'll be like; how did we miss to figure out this earlier?

Ray Kurzweil is very intelligent! His predictions in regard to the human brain and intelligence are quite insightful.

When Ray talks about backing ourselves up just blows me away, is he talking about the future in Alter Carbon Gosh we will definatlEy need more SPACE. PS love his logic and rationality on the world getting better.

Wow you brought Sir Ray Kurzweil. Was waiting for this.

I absolutely love Ray Kurzweil. RU-vid and Ray Kurzweil are my favorite things/people about Google/Alphabet. What a brilliant, wonderful mind and person.

Very interesting video and such a high profile interview. Great work Tom much enjoyed!!

❤ the lucid dreams tips

This is getting crazy man.you are even bringing in technical geniuses now.I love your ,respect you,adore you even more😘😘

It's amazing how precise his predictions have been so far, especially about the AI Technology development! Also, I remember him quite clearly in a documentary experimenting with about 40 supplements a day he was taking at the time, maybe some 20 years ago or so. The results both on him and on some other volunteers were amazing! He was such a good influence on me! I started with that strategy back then because of him, and I'm happy I take supplements regularly ever since then. I look and feel a lot younger than my peers, so grateful! 😊😘

Ray Kurzweil is a great mind and beside all his accomplishments and his work, he also has some really cool concepts when it comes to thinking strategies ( e.g the pre-sleep preparing). It's a pity these minds aren't interviewed more often with questions outside of their comfort zones.

I was waiting to watch this for a long time!!!!

I love the way you interview, and I really like ray Kurzweil!

Why am I only just seeing this man? I thought I seen all your content Tom!! Love you 😍

Duuuuude. You got Ray! Haven't even watched it yet and I'm pumped

It’s incredible that most people don’t know about the singularity incredible

Boosh! You got the legend himself! I hope that future he describes with us merging with technology is it good one and not as scary as it sounds at times.

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Time for the 5 year update interview!

18:48 by the "diligent" public, do you mean the wealthy? Will we truly continue to base fellow humans value upon the monetary growth they generate?

Wow! "Whether world is getting better or worse depends on the ratio of how much good or bad news ur listening to." 🤓 wow!! Epic-o-rama!!

fascinating, brilliant and incredible. Very interesting to listen to.

Ray's final bridge sounds exactly like the "Borg", from Star Trek. Should be fun.

He looks younger than he did 5 years ago! In my marriage, Ray is my celebrity card. Whats up Ray?!

Powerful stuff, love the bit about the 4 bridges. Tom this guy is going to help you live forever!

This was exactly the information I required to help me move towards my goal. I love synchronicity! Thanks SO much for sharing this with the world.

When the upgrades to the human brain come in the 2030's, and later, won't those who can't afford it be massively disadvantaged? I know some will say that the benefits will trickle down but I still tend to think this will create an even larger gap between wealthy and the general population.

Guys, I think I’m falling in love with tech and computer science. Love pioneers like Kurzweil ❤️

I'm sorry, but I can't take seriously anyone who calls Kurzweil "a great futurist" with an "accuracy rate of 86%" in predictions. I'll take a little time to more thoroughly explain what I mean in a minute, but let me broadly outline where I'm going. First, Kurzweil is an inventor and entrepreneur, which is significantly different than being a futurist. Second, I have yet to see a methodology by which anyone has verified the claims about prediction accuracy. Third, the claim that AI will make us more different from one another is unsupported. Finally, the idea of a "synthetic neocortex connected to the cloud" is a wish that may be thwarted in many ways and, in any case, is likely to be contrary to human survival in the long term. On the first point, Kurzweil has a great many patents and has been instrumental in developing a number of technologies that have changed our world significantly. He has created a number of companies that have produced products or technologies that are instrumental in today's world. These qualities make him an inventor and entrepreneur, but not a futurist. Futurists help people understand the wide range of possibilities existing out in time so they can make informed (if not always intelligent) choices about the futures they want to create. Furthermore, futurists DO NOT make predictions: we make assertions about what the future CAN be, but leave it to clients to decide what to make of the future. Kurzweil is clearly in the business of inventing things and selling them -- and his ideas behind them -- to others. He doesn't do many of the most important things that futurists actually do: critiquing the futures he projects; offering alternative futures based on the same trends (much less discussing alternative futures based on different trends that are at least equally plausible); advising others on the potential hurdles that must be overcome for his "predicted" futures to come true . . . . While he does appear to use some rudimentary techniques futurists have developed over the last seven decades -- trend extrapolation and backcasting -- these are not exclusively futurists' techniques. As an entrepreneur, he appears to apply them only to reaching the future he desires. As a writer for The Futurist said back in the 1990s, "Any hausfrau with an internet connection" can make such extrapolations. What Kurzweil does not address in the future he promotes is the fragmented nature of both past and present. We know that the past has been fragmented by social, economic, political, and geographic disparities; that these disparities created what we in the present can clearly see as multiple pasts; and that the present is fragmented into many different presents, depending on where you live, what your social status is, what your economic means are, and the degree of political power you have access to. All the available evidence, past and present, leads to the conclusion that our futures will be at least equally fragmented, leading to multiple alternative futures. Kurzweil doesn't acknowledge this in anything I've seen or read about him. That makes him a lousy futurist. The most important elements of the future -- recognition of multiple, unequal futures between which we have choices -- are wholly ignored. We are left bereft of the most important capability about the futures ahead: the ability to make informed choices about which futures to adopt. Kurzweil projects a singular, monolithic future to which we all will conform. That's horrible futures work! The second point is that there are many claims about the futures we face -- particularly technological futures. One common claim is that the rate of change is increasing, and Kurzweil's "futures" work seems to appeal to this argument. In many ways, it appears to have some credibility, yet I have yet to see anyone making this claim substantiate it with a methodology by which they verified the claim. How do you measure the rate of change? This is a critical question, as you can't legitimately claim that it's increasing if you can't establish what the "rate of change" is. I need to see how this rate of change is calculated and what data it's based on before I'll take it as valid. That said, prediction accuracy about the future is, in my best estimation, impossible to establish. First, we have yet to define what constitutes a "prediction" and how to quantify it. If we can't define what a prediction is well enough to quantify it, we can't assess an accuracy. Second, we have to establish what constitutes "accuracy" in a prediction. Is a prediction "accurate" if something like the event described occurs within six months of the predicted time? Is it accurate if the "prediction" occurs on time, but isn't exactly as specified in the original description? How close must we come to count, and how do we factor in deviation from the original specifications in computing accuracy? Considering that "predictions" about "The Singularity" have changed over time (I remember Kurzweil predicting that the singularity would have occurred by 2020 when I took my first futures studies courses in 1998), do we count such varying dates as separate predictions, or do we count them as adjustments to existing predictions? If we're going to make claims that someone has accurately predicted the future, we need to have a standard way of assessing such claims that is methodologically sound and backed by empirical data -- otherwise, we might as well read tea leaves and reflect upon Nostradamus' writings. On the third point, all indications thus far are that AIs are more likely to force us all into the same mold instead of enabling us to be different people. First, AIs are built around the mutually constructed social realities of the coders building them. Many (if not most) of these people share similar beliefs about what the human social world is and how it works. That means that a lot of unconscious biases, unquestioned assumptions, and untested hypotheses are being built into AIs, and social research into how people are being marginalized by AI systems is already showing this to be the case. There is no good reason to suggest that this will change any time in the foreseeable future -- that is, within the next ten to 50 years. A reasonable assertion is that those unconscious, untested assumptions will continue to operate within the AI systems we create unless we make conscious efforts to identify and eliminate them. However, since existing systems seem to work well enough for companies to make more money, it doesn't seem likely -- or profitable -- for developers and the companies that use AI systems to make the effort. When AIs get direct access to our brains, it becomes increasingly likely that they will insist that what they (the AIs) "think" is social reality actually IS reality, and that any attempt to introduce an alternative social reality is an attempt to escape the AI's assumptions. It is highly likely that, given direct access to our brains, AIs will attempt to impose their interpretations of social reality upon us. The last point, about having "synthetic neocortex[es] connected directly to the cloud", is what makes it more likely that The Singularity will impose itself upon us, but that's hardly the only way things can go wrong. There's still a lot we don't understand about how the brain stores and processes information. There's a lot we don't know about how to communicate information to a brain. There's a lot we don't know about how the hardware and software of such systems might interact with other parts of the brain in unanticipated ways. We may find that there are people whose brains are incompatible with the implanted hardware/software. And there are almost certainly going to be failures of the technologies along the way. Can we guarantee that the first person to get "chipped up" won't experience the dreaded "Microsoft Blue Screen of Death"? If they do, can we guarantee that it won't result in literal death? If so, how hard will the tech company sponsoring the trial work to cover up the malfunction? And if the failure is the result of inherent incompatibility between the subject and the chipset, who would be legally liable for this? Kurzweil doesn't even mention the possibility of these kinds of outcomes in anything I've seen or read: I only see a wholly unwarranted optimism about the technology, and little or no discussion of the legal, social and economic aspects of these technologies. Assuming all else went well, we don't know whether we would be able to operate independently of The Singularity were it to be disrupted. One only need look to how many people panic if they don't have access to their mobile phones to see that a disruption of AI connectivity could result in major problems for a society in which being constantly connected was a part of the everyday, commonsense knowledge that is our socially constructed reality. Once it's become established that instantaneous connectivity with AI is thought of as "how it's always been", losing that connectivity will become an existential threat to those who experience it. There are way too many issues for me to accept that the future of "The Singularity" is an all-or-nothing, inevitable future. It flies in the face of everything that foresight and futures studies tell us about how we create our collective futures. It defies the realities of technological innovation -- particularly on the adoption side, where individuals must choose whether to adopt a new technology. But most importantly, this presentation shows the dangers of an almost slavish devotion to the ideas of technological determinism and technological optimism and willingness to surrender all credibility to a brilliant inventor and entrepreneur promoting his agenda.

Amazing what technology can do to us. We can work from home via the web at the same time make money and be healthy. That's how online entrepreneurs life is. Always be amazing!

Best interview of Impact Theory I have seen so far. Love your channel. Very informative and inspiring. Keep it up!

Supplimenting vitamin B12 (and vitamin D if you don't live in the equatorial regions) is all you really need to know to live well for longer by joining the movement to help yourself and the environment by turning to a exclusive whole food plant based diet. And the well understood practice of fasting (which would have happened to us a lot in ancient times) is actually the one of our bodies best cleansing abilities as it will effectively use every unessential fuel source in the body which includes cancerous cells. But fasting does require calm and support so the time do it needs to be earned, other than fasting keeping active is the winner.

he´s my favorite ray kurzweil !!! such an amazing visionary man !!!!!!

Ray looks much younger than 3 years ago!!

Ray is an absolute legend. I have seen him speak hundreds of times on RU-vid over the past 6yrs. He has totally changed my thinking of the future. I am very excited for the future. I do hope he is right!

One metric not mentioned much in a chauvinistic culture is "felt experience" or emotions. I'm curious if depression per capita is going or down, enthusiasm for life etc. Suicide rates are one indicator. If people feel like shit it is not getting "better" to live longer.

i don't really get why people are so obsessed with him taking supplements. this person made a lot of breakthroughs technologically over the past decades. some of which we enjoy today and his though patterns are actually interesting, a person who thinks beyond. A person who likes creating solutions for problems. it just makes me think how humanity is capable of so much more.

Such a power move wearing two watches. Love it

I really enjoyed this episode, thank you! 😊

Kurzweil wears 2 watches because he knows what time it is!

I once practiced lucid dreaming 3 years ago when i read about it on a book in librivox. I remember i had 3 dreams that occured that i was aware that i was dreaming, during that i wrote over 30 dreams on my journel whenever i woke up in the morning.

I love the sleep and speech practices. He has a strong imagination. This is how to beef this up.

Tom looks scared to death around 28:30 - great morning giggle thanks Tom

Thank you,.... Tom Bilyeu!!!

Awesome episode. This man is a genius, just like Tom. 👊🏽😊

Also, Ray Kurzweil isn't really doing any good for his health with all these supplements. Most of them won't work and actually have side-effects that negate longevity. Just new research showing that people who take high amounts of antioxidants are actually more prone to risk of disease. The key is covering the fundamentals of physical movement, sleep, nutrition, low stress, a sense of community, emotional wellbeing, relationships, and fasting. Doesn't look like he's got those things done at all.

That's really a great interview where the questions were intelligible for the majority. The all was giving a so claire view of what will be our future than I decide without any hesitation to share this tube on the Facebook group "Future World".

Awesome talk and funny timing for me! I've been on a kick recently watching videos on longevity/expanding the lifespan, etc. Great to see this!!

Thanks Tom. I work driving and your show makes my shift so easy.

Thank you for getting Ray on the show....Its always wonderful to hear him....Cheers

I love you IT team and Tom, i try to only comment when i got fire to spit but just wanted to say thank you for what you guys do, it will not go unoticed

I've seen the first interview with a high profile technical person in this channel and that too with him. This channel is crossing the boundaries. Though you say in your videos to not follow someone else's path but still your channel is leaving many trails for many people to follow, That's really mindblowing.

Very inspiring hopefully his predictions become real

now I am at home and I will follow you with great dear and daily brains

Mr Tom, can you please make a video for students. I mean all the impact quotes apply to it too , but just a short , perhaps a one or two minute short. It would really help. All your content is already astronomical , but It'd be nice if we had one which could be shown to a class to motivate them. Thank you

for many years my dedicated and diligent brother

Fixing a broken heart is what I liked to hear :)

He is wearing watches on both hands. Brilliant insights btw.

i just love Ray

Interesting interview. I haven't deep dived on Ray but the idea that it all goes well to the singularity is overly simplistic. If you look at the use of resources, power, and ability in mankind it tends towards corruption, misuse, and foolishness. Technology tends to be used for profit not benefit. Also if everyone lived even 10 years longer, how would that impact our resources use and society. The ripple effect of that would be huge and not in all good ways. The refreshing of death can also bring hope. Imagine if all the Hitler's and other powerful but wicked people could live 50 years more or even one year more. Near future predictions are one thing, but getting out 20 years is simplistic thinking at best. Thought provoking though. Great job as usual Tom.

Fascinating interview! I do notice, however, there seems to be a huge blind spot in many of these conversations about ultra-longevity or living forever: Habitat. The current 6th mass extinction event which is already underway, coupled with climate change.. it seems to me that anyone who wants to live forever, or live in ultra long life, should be focusing heavily on saving Earth’s habitat which humans depend on for life. 🙏🌎

Intelligent man. Thinking about picking up one of his books to read. Btw, you guys notice one of the cameras is out of focus?

My question is, what do these supplements do to kidney function?

I admire Ray for being such a visionary but I don’t think humans will be quite ready to merge with machines just yet. We are much more likely to see Aubrey de Grey’s anti-ageing rejuvenation therapies arrive in time to help with human health and lifespan before anything Ray predicts. I’m not saying he is wrong but de Grey’s method of approach is much more feasible for the immediate future.

When I wake up in the middle of the night to write creative writing I'll wake up in the morning amazed at what I've written.

this guy is FANTASTIC!

As Ray said "Every metric for humankind has dramatically improved." I agree with this statement, but at the same time, we are in the middle of the sixth largest extinction event. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

Wait, we are 10 years away from reaching longetivity escape velocity? Daamn i thought we were starting the first generation therapy in about 10-15 years from now

BLOCKCHAIN / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) things will become very interesting in the next 5-10 years.

This should be shown as an example of good interview questions. Ray, see you in 2045 :)

Great interview. Tom Bilyeu asks the questions then lets Ray speak. He's not egotistical, with no interruptions and frivolous interjections like most interviewers who wish to make it about themselves.

The first interview where Tom didn’t use tons of expletives. Wonder why? Enjoyed very much.

Ray's eyes look sleepy or dozed off. Interestingly his voice and body movements appear very vivid.