One expert in the future believes that humans could be just seven years away from achieving immortality and living forever.Futurist and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil has made some predictions about when artificial intelligence (AI) will reach the singularity - which is a hypothetical point in time where technology growth is out of control and irreversible.
He believes that AI will catch up with true human intelligence in 2029, with immortality being possible the following year in 2030, reports indy100.
Kurzweil explained to Futurism: "2029 is the consistent date I have predicted for when an AI will pass a valid Turing test and therefore achieve human levels of intelligence."I have set the date 2045 for the 'Singularity' which is when we will multiply our effective intelligence a billionfold by merging with the intelligence we have created."This isn't the first time the scientist has shared his predictions about the future of technology.
Back in 1990, he foretold that a computer would be able to beat a human at chess by the year 2000, which turned out to be accurate.
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