Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil (born February 12, 1948) is an American author, inventor and futurist. [1] He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He is the author of several books on health, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism.
Many of his predictions can be considered classically techno-optimistic.
He blogs at Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence.
On June 25, 2024, Ray Kurzweil released his most recent book, The Singularity is Nearer. It is the sequel to his 2005 bestseller book The Singularity is Near. He reiterates two key dates from his previous book, which predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) would reach human intelligence by 2029 and merge with humans by 2045, an event he calls The Singularity. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Books
- The Age of Spiritual Machines
- Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
- Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever
- The Singularity is Near
- How to Create a Mind
- The Singularity is Nearer
External links
References
- ↑ Dr. Ray Kurzweil - Experts - Singularity
- ↑ Ray Kurzweil: AI is Not Going to Kill You, But Ignoring It Might. Dreibelbis, Emily (3 June 2024). PCMag. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ The Singularity is Nearer Penguin. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ Hill, David J. (5 June 2015). "Exponential Finance: Ray Kurzweil Stresses Humanity's 'Moral Imperative' in Developing Artificial Intelligence". Singularity Hub. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ↑ Smith, Daniel S. (7 March 2024). "The Singularity is Nearer". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 5 October 2024.