The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“The evolution of animal behavior does constitute a learning process, but it is learning by the species, not by the individual, and… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Evolution is a process of creating patterns of increasing order…I believe that it's the evolution of patterns that constitutes the ultimate story… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it's going to be left in the dust. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
By the time of the Singularity, there won't be a distinction between humans and technology. This is not because humans will have… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“Recall the metaphor I used in chapter 4 relating the random movements of molecules in a gas to the random movements of… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
By 2010 computers will disappear. They'll be so small, they'll be embedded in our clothing, in our environment. Images will be written directly to… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
By the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life. — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AIs will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious… Does it… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
We'll be able to have very intelligent, little robots with computers going inside our bloodstream, keeping us healthy from inside, destroying cancer at the… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
