A computer scientist and inventor with six decades in artificial intelligence produced inventions spanning text-to-speech synthesis, electronic keyboard instruments, and AI computing advances. Proven predictive accuracy about portable computing and rapid AI progress established expectations for future transformation. Recent work, including The Singularity is Nearer, outlines accelerating integration of technology with human biology and anticipates profound changes in coming decades. Current engineering leadership at Google combines research and product development aimed at hybrid thinking and enhanced human-machine collaboration. Anticipation centers on AI turbocharging human potential and reshaping daily life and industries over the next decade.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil was early to forecast AI would turbocharge human potential. At 77, he shares lessons from 60 years of working on AI, and what to expect in the coming decade.
Ray Kurzweil is a computer scientist, inventor and futurist who has worked on artificial intelligence for the past six decades. His inventions span from text-to-speech synthesis to electronic keyboard instruments to advancements in AI computing.
Kurzweil is famous for his accurate predictions around the rise of portable computing and the rapid advancements of AI. Kurzweil has written several books, including his latest, The Singularity is Nearer, which explores how technology will transform humanity in the decades to come. He is a director of engineering at Google.
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