Ray Kurzweil Still Says He Will Merge With A.I. NYT: Technology By: Cade Metz 4 July 2024 at 13:00 Now 76, the inventor and futurist hopes to reach βthe Singularityβ and live indefinitely. His margin of error is shrinking. Β© Tony Luong for The New York TimesRay Kurzweilβs sequel to his 2005 book, βThe Singularity Is Near,β is called βThe Singularity Is Nearer.β