BTW, the best part of that review is the very end when Kurzweil links to his patents that he thinks are relevant to the discussion.
One of his patents actually claims ownership over hooking a mannequin to the Internet:
"A virtual reality encounter system comprising: a mannequin coupled to a camera for receiving a video image, the camera sending the video image to a communications network; a processor for overlaying a virtual environment over one or more portions of the video image to form a virtual scene; and a set of goggles to render the virtual scene. "
Sounds like Kurzweil re-watched WestWorld and decided he needed to patent Yul Brenner.
