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
When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence. Ray Kurzweil biologicalcombinationhuman Change image and share on social
Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world is all about. Ray Kurzweil engagefindlearn Change image and share on social
Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios. Ray Kurzweil fictionfuturistgive Change image and share on social
My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google. Ray Kurzweil collaborationdevelopgoogle Change image and share on social
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 bustcycledisillusionment Change image and share on social
Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow. Ray Kurzweil busexpectancyhit Change image and share on social
By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people. Ray Kurzweil computerconvinceemotional Change image and share on social
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 2040sbillionfoldbody share on social