Human-level intelligence generally means AI that has reached the ability of the most skilled humans in a particular domain and by 2029 that will be achieved in most respects.
There may be a few years of transition beyond 2029 where AI has not surpassed the top humans in a few key skills like writing Oscar-winning screenplays or generating deep new philosophical insights, though it will.
Kurzweil says that we're soon going to be "a combination of cybernetic intelligence" which will be made possible by "brain-computer interfaces which ultimately will be nanobots."
"Think of it like having your phone, but in your brain. If you ask a question your brain will be able to go out to the cloud for an answer similar to the way you do on your phone now - only it will be instant, there won't be any input or output issues, and you won't realize.
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