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scientist said robots will be more intelligent than humans by 2029. scientist's name is Ray Kurzweil. He works for Google as Director of Engineering. He is one of world's leading experts on artificial intelligence (A.I.). Mr Kurzweil believes computers will be able to learn from experiences, just like humans. He also thinks they will be able to tell jokes and stories, and even flirt. Kurzweil's 2029 prediction is lot sooner than many people thought. scientist said that in 1999, many A.I. experts said it would be hundreds of years before computer was more intelligent than human. He said that it would not be long before computer intelligence is one billion times more powerful than human brain.

Mr Kurzweil joked that many years ago, people thought he was little crazy for predicting computers would be as intelligent as humans. His thinking has stayed same but everyone else has changed way they think. He said: "My views are not radical any more. I've actually stayed consistent. It's rest of world that's changing its view." He highlighted examples of high-tech things we use, see or read about every day. These things make us believe that computers have intelligence. He said people think differently now: "Because public has seen things like Siri [ iPhone's voice-recognition technology] where you talk to computer; they've seen Google self-driving cars."