What was said.
Quoted word for word from the source and dated. Where a span such as “three to five years” was given, the years are our arithmetic from the day it was said. Checked Oct 19, 2026.
“In 1999, I predicted by 2029, we'd reach the Turing test and also AGI, where basically a computer can do anything a human can do.”
Also said: “Asked if his 2045 Singularity date stands: “I'm sticking with that prediction.””
- Who
- Ray KurzweilFuturist; Principal Researcher, Google · US
- Said
- Jun 14, 2024
- About
- AGI and the Turing test
- For when
- 2029
- Where it stands
- Open
- Kind of source
- interview
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Our note: Our fetch returned the quote in two parts (“I predicted by 2029, we'd reach the Turing test and also AGI” and “where basically a computer can do anything a human can do”); the joined sentence matches the homepage's earlier check.
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Talks and interviews with Ray Kurzweil, with our short summary of each.
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