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Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:06) - Turing test
  (20:52) - Brain–computer interfaces
  (32:32) - Singularity
  (38:51) - Virtual reality
  (41:31) - Evolution of information processing
  (47:57) - Automation
  (57:58) - Nanotechnology
  (59:52) - Nuclear war
  (1:01:57) - Uploading minds
  (1:09:39) - How to think
  (1:16:09) - Digital afterlife
  (1:25:29) - Intelligent alien life
  (1:28:19) - Simulation hypothesis
  (1:32:31) - Mortality
  (1:40:11) - Meaning of life

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