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futurism

rofessional portrait of Ray Kurzweil, scientist, inventor and futurist, smiling warmly at the camera while wearing a white dress shirt with a colorful abstract-patterned tie or scarf. He has gray hair and appears against a neutral background. The image includes "A.I. Power Index" branding with his name and title "Scientist, Inventor & Futurist" on the right side.

Ray Kurzweil: A.I. Is Not Hollywood’s Alien Invasion

Ray Kurzweil, computer scientist, inventor and futurist, sees A.I. as the next step in human evolution. Merging with intelligent machines, Kurzweil argues, will enhance human intelligence, creativity, humor and compassion. By 2032, he predicts, these advancements may allow humans to achieve “Longevity Escape Velocity,” gaining more life from scientific progress than they lose each year.
By The Editors
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke performs at the MTV2 2$BILL Concert Series at the Beacon Theater June 5, 2003 in New York City.

How Radiohead’s ‘O.K. Computer’ Predicted Our Age of Acceleration

Technology and society was moving too fast for its own good.
By Justin Joffe
Former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason, who has ALS, with Saints strong safety Roman Harper.

This Device Lets Paralyzed Patients Control a Computer With Their Brain

A new brain implant may finally allow patients with ALS or locked in syndrome to communicate in a more high tech way.
By John Bonazzo
The Chicago Cubs celebrate after winning the 2016 World Series.

How the Chicago Cubs Used Big Data to Win the World Series

By John Bonazzo
World View passenger capsule concept

These Are the 3 Companies Getting Closer to Taking You Into Space

By John Bonazzo
Nanomachines are one billionth of a meter in size and one billionth the width of a human hair.

Nobel Prize-Winning Nanomachines Can Be Used in Factories and Hospitals

By John Bonazzo
Helios Prototype flying wing moments after takeoff, beginning its first test flight on solar power from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, July 14, 2001.

Falling to Earth: Why Google’s Hyped Drones May Not Matter Much

By Brady Dale
BINA48 (YouTube screenshot)

Is Martine Rothblatt the Next Marshall McLuhan or L. Ron Hubbard?

By Hal Niedzviecki
Thanks Google.

Would a Real AI Purposefully Hide Its Super Intelligence in Fear of Being Destroyed?

By Sage Lazzaro
Ruthie and Sara Friedlander

Futurism Festa!

By Benjamin-Emile Le Hay
'Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio),' 1913 (cast 1949) by Umberto Boccioni. (© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, courtesy the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York)

‘Italian Futurism, 1909–1944: Reconstructing the Universe’ at the Guggenheim Museum

By Maika Pollack
The future, boys and girls! (GE)

GE Fantasizes We’ll All Be 3D Printing Dog Snacks By 2025

By Kelly Faircloth

Cancer Victim Who Solicited Donations on Reddit for Cryogenic Freezing Successfully Preserved

By Jessica Roy

Robots Will Soon Fulfill All Your Sexy Nurse Fantasies

By Jessica Roy
Bruni. (Biography)

In-Vitro Meat Will Soon Turn Us All Into Sexy, Sexy Cannibals

By Jessica Roy

Best of 2010: The Top 10 Tech Breakthroughs We’re Still Waiting For

By The Editors

Italian Futurism, Avant-Garde Spasm, Predicted Fascism

By Hilton Kramer
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