Ray Kurzweil, 78, built an AI copy of himself that he hopes will outlive him
The futurist behind "The Singularity Is Near" spent the past year on Rai, an AI replica of himself that can speak, reason and learn from conversations, The Information reports.
Talking to it is much like a Zoom call. A 3D Kurzweil appears against a cosmos backdrop in your browser or phone and answers your voice.
He doesn't want to die, and at 78 he thinks about it more. He calls that a "major motivating force of human beings."
Rai was first shown in July at the UN's AI for Good summit in Geneva, built together wit
The futurist behind "The Singularity Is Near" spent the past year on Rai, an AI replica of himself that can speak, reason and learn from conversations, The Information reports.
Talking to it is much like a Zoom call. A 3D Kurzweil appears against a cosmos backdrop in your browser or phone and answers your voice.
He doesn't want to die, and at 78 he thinks about it more. He calls that a "major motivating force of human beings."
Rai was first shown in July at the UN's AI for Good summit in Geneva, built together wit
