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[view in web browser]( Kurzweil | e-newsletter Welcome to the Kurzweil e-newsletter: accelerating intelligence --- tracking breakthroughs in science, tech, and progress. To see our full library of stories about the world of tomorrow: visit our home page | [click here]( what's new: interview by Ray Kurzweil A conversation with Michele Reilly of Turing On advances in quantum computing: architecture, functionality, and scalability. --- about the interview --- Dear readers, This is an interview I conducted with Michele Reilly — she’s the forward-thinking CEO of Turing, and a specialist in building the quantum computers of tomorrow. She’s working to improve quantum machine architecture, functionality, and scalability. Her company Turing is building portable quantum hard drives and long-distance communications equipment. Founded in 2016 by Michele, Turing addresses the quantum computer hardware + software market. The renowned engineer + physicist Seth Lloyd PhD is now joining Turing. I hope you enjoy this interview. — Ray Kurzweil [read the full story]( artificial intelligence digest | Breakthrough AI method generates holograms in real-time For virtual reality, 3D printing, and medical imaging. --- summary --- Researchers have designed a new way to produce holograms — almost instantly. The software they’re using is called a deep learning artificial intelligence program, because it can teach itself. They said it’s so efficient that ( for the first time in history ) it can create a hologram on a laptop — in the blink of an eye. [read the full story]( discussion + video digest | Civilization: knowledge, institutions, and humanity’s future Insights from technological sociologist Samo Burja --- summary --- Samo Burja is a sociologist, writer, and founder of Bismarck Analysis — a firm that analyzes institutions, from governments to companies. He studies the causes of societal flourishing and decay. He writes on history, epistemology, and strategy. In this talk he explores research into how technologically advanced civilizations can find stability, by understanding the mechanism of its institutions + knowledge management. [read the full story]( recommended book book | the Social Singularity How de-centralization will allow us to transcend politics, create global prosperity, and avoid the robot apocalypse. --- summary --- The world is rapidly de-centralizing. Book author Max Borders explores these questions: What if politics as we know it is about to end? What if humanity soon organizes itself not in hierarchies, but in hive minds? What if society’s mediating structures --- education, media, and financial institutions --- become transformed? Exploring the promise of a de-centralized world, he says civilization will re-organize to collaborate + compete with AI --- operating within networks of superior collective intelligence. And humanity will re-discover values that foster an age of connection. [read the full story]( the Kurzweil Library | Tracking the acceleration of intelligence. by Kurzweil Technologies co. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Kurzweil Network | accelerating intelligence · 935 Great Plain Ave. | no. 111 · Needham, MA 02492 · USA