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
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
We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. Ray Kurzweil beginbodycomputer Change image and share on social
I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything. Ray Kurzweil pickpriority 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
Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020. Ray Kurzweil achievebraincapacity 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
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
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
All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence. Ray Kurzweil artexpandexpression Change image and share on social
