Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I are walking around with outdated software running in our bodies, which evolved in a very different era. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are ‘things’ outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and for some reason I had the idea that if I put things together just the right way, I could create the intended effect. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote