We quite often tell you that scientists are gradually approaching to learn how to prolong human life by deceiving the laws of nature. Many people ask themselves: when, finally, can a person become truly immortal? One of the most influential futurists in the world, Ray Kurzweil, in a recent interview, promised us that starting in 2029, science and medicine will extend human life almost unlimitedly.
Raymond Kurzweil was born in New York in 1948. From childhood, he dreamed of becoming an inventor and giving the world new technologies. At the age of 15, he wrote his first computer program, in 1970 he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in 1974 he opened his own company engaged in speech recognition technologies. A promising business made Kurzweil a millionaire, which allowed the inventor to continue to create new technologies. He gained worldwide fame thanks to his work in the field of futurology, including his justification for technological singularity.
Now, Ray Kurzweil is Google’s CTO, continues to work in the field of artificial intelligence, and from time to time shares with reporters his vision of the near future of humanity. For example, in a recent interview with a magazine (yes, yes, the one with the bunny) Kurzweil said that by 2020, humanity will begin to actively use nanorobots in medicine. These tiny mechanisms can replace a person's innate immune system, thereby effectively resisting all possible diseases and pathogens. According to Kurzweil, all this will resemble the situation with computer antiviruses, when a person can download an update from the Internet for his immune system and not worry about the emergence of a new strain of a dangerous virus.
According to the futurologist, by 2029, medicine will reach a level where people will not need to worry about their life expectancy. Kurzweil previously stated that immortality would be achieved only in the 2030s, but now he decided to move the date closer to today. Well, I really want to believe that the scientist is right and humanity will really be able to develop its science so much in the coming decades. Of course, immortality raises many questions, including about the overpopulation of the planet and the lack of food. Yes, and many scientists are very skeptical about the statements of the futurologist, considering them too optimistic. In addition, Kurzweil has repeatedly been mistaken in his predictions, so all that remains is to wait and believe in a bright future.
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