Fact-check · Sep 29, 2026
“Ray Kurzweil...made a 148 predictions back in 1990, including that we'd have AGI by 2029”
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Kurzweil made 147 predictions (not 148) analyzed in 2010 with 86% accuracy. His AGI-by-2029 prediction was made in 1999, not 1990. The 1990 book 'The Age of Intelligent Machines' did not include the 2029 AGI forecast.
Sources
- Ray Kurzweil, The Man Who Predicted the Future (with 86% Accuracy)…
- The Future According to Ray Kurzweil
- Why Kurzweil still sees AGI coming by 2029
- Ray Kurzweil's AGI Timeline: How He Forecasts Decades Ahead
- Ray Kurzweil: AI Development Timeline and Future Impacts
- Ray Kurzweil AI Predictions: AGI 2029 & The Singularity
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