[MD] FYI - Ray Kurzweil

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Greetings,

I believe I've heard of Ray Kurzweil on the MD, so I  thought I'd 
mention this 3-hour interview.  If you don't get C-SPAN2,  they off 
live stream at http://www.c-span.org/ (bottom of  page).

C-SPAN2 (BookTV)
On Sunday, November 5 at 12:00 pm
In Depth:  Ray Kurzweil

Description: Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil will  be our 
guest for In Depth on November 5th (LIVE Noon-3pm ET). Mr. Kurzweil  
is the author of several books on the subject of artificial  
intelligence, including "The Age of Intelligent Machines," "The Age 
of  Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence," and 
his  latest, "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology." 
His  companies have made major breakthroughs in print, sound and 
speech  recognition technologies. As a result of his work, he was 
awarded the 1999  National Medal of Technology by President Clinton. 
You can join in this  three-hour discussion with Mr. Kurzweil about 
his life and work by calling  in during the program or by e-mailing 
your questions to _booktv at c-span.org_ (mailto:booktv at c-span.org) .

Mark 1-11-06: Hello Marsha,
There was a recent BBC Horizon programme about this featuring, among  others, 
Kurzweil recently.
In my view, the singularity isn't going to happen as soon or as expected,  
but it may lead to the 5th MoQ level above intellelectual.
Love,
Mark