Hey look, it's Singularity evangelist and famed inventor Ray Kurzweil appearing on a 1965 episode of "I've Got A Secret." He was 17 years old. Check out the video of the appearance at the new Imaginary Foundation blog. "Ray Kurzweil's Got A Secret"
Teenage Ray Kurzweil on "I've Got A Secret"
Hey look, it's Singularity evangelist and famed inventor Ray Kurzweil appearing on a 1965 episode of "I've Got A Secret." He was 17 years old. Check out the video of the appearance at the new Imaginary Foundation blog. "Ray Kurzweil's Got A Secret"
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How the hell did they get that?
Bess Myerson cracks it right open, and then Henry Morgan swoops in for the kill.
I realize the musical section was probably edited shorter for broadcast and may have been tonally weirder in the extended version, but I'm amazed they got it from the information presented. Is discordance in modern music so prevalent now that his piece sounded interestingly jazzy to me, and horribly alien and unlikely to them?
There was certainly nothing 'off' sounding in the shown clip. Must have either been more extreme in a not seen moment, or else the players had a tip me thinks.
Now I have to say how impressive that is at age 17. To be a pioneer in a new field at that age, I'm always amazed by those individuals.
I've got a secret --- the singularity will never happen ever.
Ray's actually 63 years old in that clip.