Ray Kurzweil

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author entrepreneur futurist human inventor transhumanist

Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor, futurist, and author known for his pioneering work in fields such as optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and artificial intelligence, as well as his predictions about technological singularity.

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awardReceived IEEE Intelligent Systems AI Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Lemelson-MIT Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Technology and Innovation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-02-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Queens College, City University of New York ⓘ
employer Google ⓘ
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surface form: Kurzweil
fieldOfWork artificial intelligence ⓘ
futurology ⓘ
optical character recognition ⓘ
speech recognition ⓘ
text-to-speech synthesis ⓘ
transhumanism ⓘ
founded FatKat ⓘ
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence ⓘ
Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. ⓘ
Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Kurzweil Educational Systems

Kurzweil music synthesizers ⓘ
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Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Kurzweil Technologies
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genre popular science ⓘ
science and technology non-fiction ⓘ
givenName Raymond ⓘ
knownFor Kurzweil OCR (optical character recognition) systems ⓘ
Kurzweil music synthesizers ⓘ
Kurzweil reading machine for the blind ⓘ
Kurzweil speech recognition systems ⓘ
predictions about the technological singularity ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf National Inventors Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableIdea Moore's law ⓘ
surface form: law of accelerating returns

technological singularity around the mid-21st century ⓘ
notableWork Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine ⓘ
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever ⓘ
How to Create a Mind ⓘ
The Age of Intelligent Machines ⓘ
The Age of Spiritual Machines ⓘ
The Singularity Is Near ⓘ
Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever ⓘ
placeOfBirth Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Director of Engineering at Google ⓘ
religionOrPhilosophy Jewish background ⓘ

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The Age of Spiritual Machines → author → Ray Kurzweil ⓘ
How to Create a Mind → author → Ray Kurzweil ⓘ
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever → author → Ray Kurzweil ⓘ
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Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine → author → Ray Kurzweil ⓘ
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