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A scientist said robots will be more [intelligent / intelligence] than humans by 2029. The scientist's [name / named] is Ray Kurzweil. He works for Google as Director of Engineering. He is one of the world's [leader / leading] experts on artificial intelligence (AI). Mr Kurzweil [believes / beliefs] computers will be able to learn [for / from] experiences, just like humans. He also thinks they will be able to [speak / tell] jokes and stories, and even flirt. Kurzweil's 2029 prediction is a lot [sooner / early] than many people thought. The scientist said that in 1999, many AI experts said it would [be / have] hundreds of years [before / after] 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 [humane / human] brain.

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