Nanobots are tiny robots, 50-100 nanometers wide, currently in research as DNA probes, cell imaging materials, and cell-specific delivery vehicles
Published Date – Friday 31 March 23 at 08:00 AM
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New Delhi: Ex-Google scientist Ray Kurzweil has claimed that humans could achieve immortality in just seven years with the help of nanobots.
The 75-year-old computer scientist has been a futurist with a track record of accurate predictions. About 86 percent of his 147 predictions so far have been correct.
Kurzweil made the claim in a YouTube video posted by tech vlogger Adagio, in which he discusses the expansion of genetics, nanotechnology, robotics and more.
In a two-part video interview, the scientist highlighted claims in his 2005 book “The Singularity Is Near,” in which he predicted technology would allow humans to enjoy immortality by 2030, the New York Post reported.
Kurzweil said he believes that with the current level of technological advancement and expansion in the fields of genetics, robotics and nanotechnology, “we will soon have nanobots running in our blood vessels”.
Nanorobots are tiny robots, 50-100 nanometers across, that are currently used in research as DNA probes, cell imaging materials, and cell-specific delivery vehicles.
According to Kurzweil, nanorobots will also help fight aging and disease, and repair the human body at the cellular level. He also claims that this nanotechnology will allow people to eat whatever they want while staying lean and energetic.
“Nanobots in our digestive tract and bloodstream intelligently extract the precise nutrients we need, call up the extra nutrients and supplements we need over our personal wireless LAN, and send the leftovers we eat through for elimination”, Kurzweil suggested in a 2003 blog post.
Previously, he correctly predicted in 1990 that computers would beat humans at chess by 2000, the growth of the Internet and the shift to more wireless technologies.
