雷·库兹韦尔不想死，但今年 78 岁的他开始更多地思考死亡，他将这种执念描述为“人类的主要驱动力之一”。因此，在过去一年里，这位凭借敏锐洞察和 2005 年畅销书《奇点临近》成为 AI 时代最具影响力先知之一的库兹韦尔，致力于一个项目，旨在让一个版本的雷·库兹韦尔得以延续——通过创建一个自己的 AI 分身。
Ray Kurzweil does not want to die, but at the age of 78, he has been thinking more about it, a preoccupation that he describes as a “major motivating force of human beings.”So over the past year, Kurzweil, whose keen observations and 2005 bestseller “The Singularity Is Near” have made him one of the most influential prophets of the AI age, has devoted himself to a project to ensure a version of Ray Kurzweil lives on—by creating an AI replica of himself.
他称这个 AI 为“Rai”。用户可通过电脑或智能手机的浏览器访问它，与其互动很像进行一次 Zoom 通话。打开 AI 程序后，库兹韦尔的三维影像会出现在以宇宙为主题的背景前，并能对使用者的语音做出回应。
He calls it Rai. The AI is accessible through a browser on a computer or smartphone. Interacting with it is much like having a Zoom call. Once the AI program is opened, a three-dimensional image of Kurzweil appears against a cosmos-themed backdrop, and it responds to someone’s voice.