Some of his predictions are impressive but others tend to feel quite obvious, particularity with the amount of momentum within those fields already. Sadly, to me, Kurzweil and his works all seem to reek of a man who is just scared to die and attempts to create self fulfilling prophesies to extend his life. He also tends to base many of his predictions off the advancements in technology rather than the human side of A.I. When the number in the amount of transistors chips comes to fruition according to Kurzweil predictions, devices will not magically pass the Turing test. I attempted to read 'The Singularity is Near' and had to stop. Reading and perpetuating his work will inspire and change the worlds path and I would rather it not become self fulfilling.
