We regret to inform you that Ray Kurzweil is back on his bullshit

Universal basic income will start in the 2030s, which will help cushion the harms of job disruptions. It won’t be adequate at that point but over time it will become so.

In the US? Fat fucking chance. The social safety net here is so poor that even the amount you get for unemployment is the same as it was decades ago, which doesn't pace with inflation and can't even cover rent anymore.

I don't believe I'll see UBI in my working lifetime. There are too many powerful interests that oppose it.

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Lol, this is the most passive-aggressive way of saying "known for absolutely nothing of value to anyone or anything" I've seen.

he thinks we are going to survive to 2045

His synths are still legendary

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Thank you lord for this feast you have blessed me with.

Can someone explain why this level of hate?

I mean dude wrote a book about exponential progress (it works well in computers IMO) and tried to predict a lot of stuff. I read that lots of his predictions was "sort of" correct too?

Edit: thanks for nothing I guess. Downvotes and scorn lol.

Kurzweil has been right on tons of his predictions.

What a shitty, ignorant title.

@AllNewTypeFace @cstross did he ever leave his bullshit?

I do subscribe to his ideas that technological growth is not currently exponential but even steeper