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Will You Become a Robot
Ray Kurzweil predicted AGI by 2029, and it looks close. Now he says we’ll merge with machines by 2045. Our hosts are of two minds: one says “upgrade me,” another says a flat 'no' to nanobots in his capillaries. We debate whether a mechanical you is still you, who gets the technology, the risk of AI misuse, and whether digital replicas of us arrive sooner than we think.
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