Apparently Ray Kurzweil wants to bring back his deceased father with artificial intelligence. At least according to the wikipedia article on him. I had not heard him make this claim previously. Any clue if this is true? How does he propose it would be possible?
In addition to Kurzweil's movie, there is an independent, feature-length documentary being made about Ray, his life, and his ideas called Transcendent Man. Filmmakers Barry and Felicia Ptolemy follow Kurzweil, documenting his global speaking tour. Scheduled for release in 2009,[6] Transcendent Man documents Ray's quest to reveal mankind's ultimate destiny and explores many of the ideas found in his New York Times bestselling book, The Singularity is Near, including his concept of exponential growth, radical life expansion, and how we will transcend our biology. The Ptolemys have documented Ray's stated goal of bringing back his late father using AI. The film also documents critics who argue against Kurzweil's predictions.
Edited by hrc579, 21 November 2008 - 02:58 PM.