[x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering

[B. Bogart]

Jeremy,

Either way Ray *wants* to be a bot. ;)

I've being working piecemeal on my anti-singularity argument on the IEET
forums, here is one interesting back and forth:

http://ieet.org/index.php/S=b088321bcb65186863835f0124ebde67c1d48cff/IEET/more/cannon20120801

I have not been on this list for long, do discussions every happen? (or
just announcements?)

B.

On 13-01-28 01:32 PM, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> On that subject, I wonder if I am following Ray's official page on facebook... It seems that I am one of three people that like "Ray's" links.. He could be a bot ;-)
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> On 2013-01-28, at 12:18 PM, "Jim Andrews" <jim at vispo.com> wrote:
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>> As Steve Dipaola pointed out to me on Facebook, Kurzweil's work as a software inventor and business man has been pretty spectacular. He was a leader in three quite advanced areas: optical character recognition; music synthesizers; and speech recognition. In all three cases, he developed successful software and associated businesses and sold them. He has been developing and selling software since his MIT days.
>>
>> His writings as a futurist/transhumanist etc. and his writings about "the age of spiritual machines" are probably more high-profile than his very solid accomplishments as an inventor and software guy. He's even written a poetry generator. He's a bit wacky on some points; he says he believes it could be possible to live indefinitely into the future. Which makes you wonder if he has a grasp on what makes life worth living. But he's clearly a good choice for Google if they're looking for vision concerning AI and a proven business track record.
>>
>> Anyway, I guess we're all wondering what he can do at Google about 'the age of spiritual machines'.
>>
>> ja
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Scott" <jessecolinscott at gmail.com>
>> To: "Computer Art Vancouver" <x at vispo.com>
>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
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>>> He is one of the first AI / transhumanists, no ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2013-01-28, at 12:01 PM, B. Bogart <bbogart at sfu.ca> wrote:
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>>>> Indeed, odd! I'm curious if there are any singularity proponents on here?
>>>>
>>>> I recommend the documentary "Transcendent Man" for anyone who is not
>>>> familiar with Ray: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117394/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1
>>>>
>>>> B.
>>>>
>>>> On 13-01-26 11:54 PM, Jim Andrews wrote:
>>>>> Not quite sure what to make of it, but surely 'group of x newsworthy':
>>>>> Ray Kurzweil has been appointed Google Director of Engineering. See, for
>>>>> instance,
>>>>> http://www.engineeringontheedge.com/2013/01/kurzweil-focuses-on-ai-at-google
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> ja
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