A.I.: Kurzweil Says Thumbs Up

November 2, 2001 by Wired News Radio

Wired gets Ray Kurzweil’s take on the Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg film “A.I.” prior to its wide release.

Originally published July 5, 2001 at Wired. Published on KurzweilAI.net November 2, 2001.

Raymond Kurzweil, the author of The Age of Spiritual Machines, When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence has long argued that artificially intelligent “beings” will be a regular part of life in the late 21st century. Now, finally, a movie is getting that vision right, he says.

Tune in to hear why Kurzweil thinks that A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, the new Steven Spielberg film that’s currently in theaters, offers a good glimpse of things to come.(14 min.)