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 billiondifferenceexponential share on social
I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author. Ray Kurzweil authorentrepreneurinventor Change image and share on social
New technologies can be used for destructive purposes. The answer is to develop rapid-response systems for new dangers like a bioterrorist creating a new biological virus. Ray Kurzweil answerbiologicalbioterrorist Change image and share on social
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 finishinterestinvention Change image and share on social
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 artificialbillionbiological share on social
The Blue Brain project expects to have a full human-scale simulation of the cerebral cortex by 2018. I think that's a little optimistic, actually, but I do make the case that by 2029 we will have very detailed models and simulations of all the different brain regions. Ray Kurzweil bluebraincase share on social
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 19thawashcentury Change image and share on social
If you write a blog post, you've got something to say; you're not just creating words and synonyms. We'd like the computers to actually pick up on that semantic meaning. Ray Kurzweil blogcomputercreate Change image and share on social
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 deathimportancelive Change image and share on social
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 braincommonconstruct share on social
