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Brian Hoffstein | Filmed right before his talk in Los Angeles, I got a chance to briefly speak with Ray Kurzweil — the futurist extraordinaire and prophet of the Singularity.

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CNET | Ray Kurzweil at SXSW: Molly Wood sits down with Ray Kurzweil, futurist and author, to discuss his predictions of technology and humanity, space, and his upcoming book.

Playmaker Magazine | Renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil discusses the rapid pace of recent technological change at SXSW Interactive 2012.

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Porter Novelli | The Porter Novelli WrapRap covers all of the events of day 4 at SXSW Interactive. (Kurzweil starts at 0:45 seconds.) Porter Novelli is “proud to be the official agency partner of SXSW Interactive, one of the most important global interactive gatherings, where many come to get their finger on the cultural pulse.”

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Time | at SXSW Interactive 2012, Time’s own Lev Grossman was at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX, where he interviewed author and futurist Ray Kurzweil (The Singularity Is Near) during an interactive keynote at 2 p.m. CT titled “Expanding Our Intelligence Without Limit.”  The renowned futurist discusses the rapid pace of recent technological change in a mind-expanding keynote conversation about our future.