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Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
Born: Feb 12, 1948
About Intelligence People Time Will You
Related authors: Charles Kettering Dean Kamen Eli Whitney Orville Wright R. Buckminster Fuller Samuel Morse Thomas A. Edison Wilbur Wright
Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. Ray Kurzweil
Future Technology Reality Our Intuition About Take Steps Makes Linear Get Difference Information Information Technology Exponential Billion Exponentially Profound
No matter what problem you encounter, whether it's a grand challenge for humanity or a personal problem of your own, there's an idea out there that can overcome it. And you can find that idea. Ray Kurzweil
You Humanity Problem Overcome Matter Challenge Own Out Find Idea Encounter Personal Whether Grand Your
Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold. Ray Kurzweil
Artificial Intelligence Intelligence Will Our Say Further Machine Out Follow Civilization Reach Around Artificial Human Biological Levels
Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it. Ray Kurzweil
Death Time Too Much Value Become Too Our Our Lives Would Gives Importance Were Meaning Much Meaningless Lives
Information defines your personality, your memories, your skills. Ray Kurzweil
Memories Personality Defines Information Skills Your
Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow. Ray Kurzweil
Life You Tomorrow Statistical Life Expectancy Could Still Proverbial Hit Expectancy Bus Phenomenon
I'm working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents. Ray Kurzweil
Artificial Intelligence Natural Intelligence Language Understanding Computers Documents Understand Get Artificial Which Meaning Meaning Of Working Actually
By the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's singular in nature. Computers are going to keep getting smaller and smaller. Ultimately, they will go inside our bodies and brains and make us healthier, make us smarter. Ray Kurzweil
Time Nature Change Intelligence Will Our Inside Able Computers Smaller Smarter Make Healthier Go Singular Ultimately Brains Get Getting Going Human Us Bodies Human Intelligence Multiply Keep Profound By The Time
What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make. Ray Kurzweil
Time Decision Important Our Spend Our Time Most Important Decision Make The Most Important
Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings. Ray Kurzweil
Technology Humanity Our Machines Ourselves About Part Human Human Beings Them Created Unique Beings Extend
The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense. Ray Kurzweil
You Together Reality Sense Virtual Meet Virtual Reality Telephone Someone Least
People say we're running out of energy. That's only true if we stick with these old 19th century technologies. We are awash in energy from the sunlight. Ray Kurzweil
People Old Energy Say Out Sunlight Running People Say Only True Stick Century Technologies
Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020. Ray Kurzweil
Achieve Will About Computers Brain Personal Human Human Brain Capacity
If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution. Ray Kurzweil
Life Revolution Sets See Followed Look Period Real Disillusionment Then Cycle Bust Technologies Early
I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author. Ray Kurzweil
Myself Entrepreneur Consider Inventor Author
I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started. Ray Kurzweil
World Invention Finished Sense Trends Inventor Long-Term Make Became Because Which Interested Started
We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. Ray Kurzweil
Beginning See Computer Devices Human Human Body Body
Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain. Ray Kurzweil
Wisdom Myself Me People Own Dream Seem Mental Objects My Own Both Constructs Outside Part Clearly Were Brain Common Created Even
I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and for some reason I had the idea that if I put things together just the right way, I could create the intended effect. Ray Kurzweil
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I think we are evolving rapidly into one world culture. It's certainly one world economy. With billions of people online, I think we'll appreciate the wisdom in many different traditions as we learn more about them. People were very isolated and didn't know anything about other religions 100 years ago. Ray Kurzweil
Wisdom Culture People World Think Other Evolving Rapidly Religions About Online More Economy Know Learn Isolated Were Years Years Ago Traditions Very Different Anything Them Certainly Billions Many World Economy Appreciate

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