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

Mr Kurzweil joked that many years ago, people thought he was a little crazy predicting computers would be as intelligent as humans. His thinking has stayed the same but everyone else has changed the way they think. He said: "My views are not radical any more. I've actually stayed consistent. It's the rest the world that's changing its view." He highlighted examples 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 the public has seen things like Siri [the iPhone's voice-recognition technology] where you talk a computer; they've seen the Google self-driving cars."