[username223]

Those are the people betting on a business model of “create Robot God and ask him for money.” Why pay attention to them?

[johnfn]

There are many people who have been saying this far there was any sort of business model in place.

[NeutralCrane]

Yes, and their business model has been selling books about non-falsifiable predictions far out into the future. “Futurists” like Kurzweil are as reliable as astrologists, and should be taken just as seriously.