Ray Kurzweil

Technology Pioneer and Inventor

Ray Kurzweil has been described as ?the restless genius? by The Wall Street Journal, and ?the ultimate thinking machine? by Forbes. Inc. magazine ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in the USA, calling him the ?rightful heir to Thomas Edison,? America?

"The ultimate thinking machine" Forbes

Topics

  • Innovation
  • Health and Medicine
  • Education
  • Business and Investing Strategy
  • Energy
  • Disabilities/Assistive Technologies

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

An outstanding visionary Ray Kurzweil’s fascinating hi-tech presentations are universally admired and enjoyed, furthering his reputation as one of the most important contributors to modern-day devices, systems and solutions.

Publications

  • 2020
    After Shock: The World?s Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock―and Look Ahead to the Next 50
  • 2019
    Spiritualities, Ethics, and Implications of Human Enhancement and Artificial Intelligence (Philosophy)
  • 2013
    How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
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In Detail

His legendary predictions about the future ? tracking leaps in science, tech, and global progress ? maintain a high accuracy level, even today. His legendary predictions about the future ? tracking leaps in science, tech, and global progress ? maintain a high accuracy level, even today. Ray is currently a principal researcher + AI visionary at Google ? a subsidiary of the company Alphabet ? where he + his team of software programmers are studying ways that computers can: process, interpret, understand, and use human language in everyday applications. Ray is the recipient of the $500,000 MIT-Lemelson Prize, the world?s largest for innovation. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in a White House ceremony and in 2002, he was inducted into the National Inventor?s Hall of Fame.

What he offers you

With unparalleled insights into what the future holds and how new technologies will affect the way we work and develop, Ray Kurzweil offers audiences an invaluable sneak preview of what is just around the technology corner.

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