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
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
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
Aging is not one process. It's many different things going on that cause us to age. I have a program that at least slows down each of these different processes. Ray Kurzweil ageagingprocess 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
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
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
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
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
Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines we're creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create these tools to expand our own reach. Ray Kurzweil conflictcreateexpand share on social
