The predictions in his popular writings have been pretty off base. More unsettling is the way he twists the words around to pretend they're accurate.
I'm most worried about the fact that Kurzweil argued that AGI would be no threat to humans because we would "merge with the machines". He always left vague how he knew that would happen, and how he knew that would stop AI from being a threat.
So I know we've already seen them buying a bunch of ML and robotics companies, but now they're purchasing Shane Legg's AGI startup. This is after they've acquired Boston Dynamics, several smaller robotics and ML firms, and started their own life-extension firm.
Is it just me, or are they trying to make Accelerando or something closely related actually happen? Given that they're buying up real experts and not just "AI is inevitable" prediction geeks (who shall remain politely unnamed out of respect for their real, original expertise in machine learning), has someone had a polite word with them about not killing all humans by sheer accident?