Claim · 2011-10-20 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

Kurzweil's reply of 2011 names Allen's essay and answers it.

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Kurzweil Responds: Don’t Underestimate the Singularity → cites → Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn’t Near

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Kurzweil Responds: Don’t Underestimate the Singularitycites ↓Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn’t Near

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Date: 2011-10-20 · publication Records dated 2011 →

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Kurzweil Responds: Don’t Underestimate the Singularity

MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com), October 20, 2011 · 2011-10-20

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Source excerpt

“Although Paul Allen paraphrases my 2005 book, The Singularity Is Near, in the title of his essay”

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Authors: Ray Kurzweil
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 5602bcd2eec6bd9df113dce84264ae36fffe65d9716e06db179d8b39ea4c0e53). Current Technology Review page dated October 20, 2011; byline Ray Kurzweil.
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Accessed: 2026-10-31
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Ray Kurzweil, “Kurzweil Responds: Don’t Underestimate the Singularity”, 2011-10-20.
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Check notes: Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (17 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-11-01, item 137) re-read the source and agreed that the passage names the earlier text or author. No human editorial review.

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Date. Technology Review page dated October 20, 2011.

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