Will We Recognize The Future? (broadcast Friday, June 6th, 2008)

Technology is ever-changing -- and changing ever faster. But what happens when the rate of technological change becomes so fast that the fundamental nature of what it means to be human changes, too? In this segment, Ira talks with inventor, technologist and futurist Ray Kurzweil about the idea of 'the Singularity' -- what happens when technology advances so much that it's impossible to predict what happens next. Will artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and biotechnology be able to completely reshape what it means to be human? Teachers, find more information about using Science Friday as a classroom resource in the Kids' Connection.

Guests

Ray Kurzweil
Inventor, Futurist, and Author of "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology" (Viking Press, 2005)
CEO of Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
Boston area, Massachusetts

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Segment produced by:Karin Vergoth

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