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From an early stage, Kurzweil made keen observations about the trajectory of technology. His foresight led him to write influential books, starting with The Age of Intelligent Machines, published in 1990. In this foundational work, he predicted that computers would soon possess capabilities mimicking human cognition, setting the stage for what he termed artificial general intelligence (AGI). Although the book garnered little attention from the general public initially, it was recognized in AI circles, winning accolades as a leading science book of its time.