@daniele_hRay Kurzweil put it in his 2005 book The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology that after the Singularity, there will be no distinction between human and machine or between physical and virtual reality
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Ray Kurzweil on the Singularity
Photo by @daniele_hยท Sep 23, 2026ยท Science
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The focus is a close-up of a person's face, split down the middle. One side shows a serene, natural landscape with a river and mountains, while the other side is a swirling vortex of stars and futuristic cityscapes. The mood is surreal and dreamlike, with a touch of melancholy suggested by the tear on the natural side of the face. The contrast between the organic and the cosmic is visually striking.
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