American author, inventor and futurist (born 1948)
Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil in 2017
Born
Raymond Kurzweil
(1948-02-12) February 12, 1948 (age 76)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.)
Occupations
Author
Entrepreneur
Futurist
Inventor
Employer
Google
Children
2; including Amy Kurzweil
Awards
Grace Murray Hopper Award (1978)
National Medal of Technology (1999)
Website
Official website
Raymond Kurzweil (/ˈkɜːrzwaɪl/, KURZ-wyle; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology and electronic keyboard instruments. He has written books on health technology, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is a public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements and gives public talks to share his optimistic outlook on life extension technologies and the future of nanotechnology, robotics, and biotechnology.
Kurzweil received the 1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the United States' highest honor in technology, from then President Bill Clinton in a White House ceremony. He was the recipient of the $500, 000 Lemelson–MIT Prize for 2001. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for the application of technology to improve human-machine communication. In 2002 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, established by the U.S. Patent Office. He has received 21 honorary doctorates, and honors from three U.S. presidents. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) included Kurzweil as one of 16 "revolutionaries who made America" along with other inventors of the past two centuries. Inc. magazine ranked him No. 8 among the "most fascinating" entrepreneurs in the United States and called him "Edison's rightful heir".
Raymond Kurzweil (/ˈkɜːrzwaɪl/, KURZ-wyle; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. He is involved in...
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generally called artificial general intelligence by researchers. However, RayKurzweil prefers the term "strong AI". In his book The Singularity is Near, he...
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deliberate participatory or directed evolution. Some theorists such as RayKurzweil think that the pace of technological innovation is accelerating and that...
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other existing chatbots. The company previously hired computer scientist RayKurzweil in 2012 to develop multiple chatbots for the company, including one named...
strategy, the "second half of the chessboard" is a phrase, coined by RayKurzweil, in reference to the point where an exponentially growing factor begins...
about brains, both human and artificial, by the inventor and futurist RayKurzweil. First published in hardcover on November 13, 2012 by Viking Press it...
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