Manoush Zomorodi
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And he did.
And Ray Kurzweil, you know, is really I think he's still puzzled by that and flummoxed that people don't understand or don't.
believe that there's going to be such an acceleration in terms of finding medical treatments and different ways of extending our lives and whether he's right or not I don't know but this idea of the two of them coming together and having this conversation over lunch is
And how upset Ray was, like, it just really struck me.
It's two humans trying to figure out, you know, what do we do with our lifespan and with completely two different perspectives on it.
And I just was really touched by the conversation.
Wait, so you're saying they were dropping acid?
Is that what you're talking about?
Or ketamine or whatever else?
Isn't that an attempt to go more internally, though?
Well, you know, so many things, gosh.
But I would say for me, I had this really great conversation with Victor Riparbelli.
He owns an AI avatar company where you can create a video with an extremely lifelike looking avatar who will, you know, give instructions to your entire employees about, you know, how to use a piece of equipment.
But he posited that in the future, every kid will have their own personal AI tutor, avatar tutor.
Yeah, maybe
We remember him.
And, you know, he was trying to push our buttons, right?
So part of it was like reading and writing won't be necessary.
It'll just be conversations with these avatars.
And, I mean, no one I talk to actually thinks that's a great idea.