There is Kurzweil's reponse to this piece linked at the bottom of that article. Since 7 years have passed, there is some opportunity to reflect on the two posit

There is Kurzweil's reponse to this piece linked at the bottom of that article. Since 7 years have passed, there is some opportunity to reflect on the two positions. Kurzweil makes this comment: IBM is now working with Nuance (a company I originally founded as Kurzweil Computer Products) to have Watson read tens of thousands of medical articles to create a medical diagnostician. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425818/kurzweil-responds-dont-underestimate-the-singularity/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425818/kurzweil-responds-... Given the history of Watson since these articles were written, I think it lends more weight to Allen's side of the argument.