The chess one sounds like Moore's law and knowing something about the complexity of chess. Considering the following predictions for early 2000s (made in 1990):

The chess one sounds like Moore's law and knowing something about the complexity of chess. Considering the following predictions for early 2000s (made in 1990): - Translating telephones allow people to speak to each other in different languages. - Machines designed to transcribe speech into computer text allow deaf people to understand spoken words. - Exoskeletal, robotic leg prostheses allow the paraplegic to walk. - Telephone calls are routinely screened by intelligent answering machines that ask questions to determine the call's nature and priority. - "Cybernetic chauffeurs" can drive cars for humans and can be retrofitted into existing cars. They work by communicating with other vehicles and with sensors embedded along the roads. he sounds a bit like a sharp shooter from Texas. Some of them are pretty cool though, but hard to judge without more knowledge of the state of things in the AI world back then. Anyone care to comment? Here's what someone more knowledgeable had to say about the matter: http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/ray-kurzweils-slippery-futurism http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/ray-kurzweils-sl...