If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“My own story is instructive. More than twenty years ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The conventional treatment made my… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“Fredkin was quoted by Robert Wright in the 1980s as saying, There are three great philosophical questions. What is life? What is… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“Human Cloning: The Least Interesting Application of Cloning Technology One of the most powerful methods of applying life’s machinery involves harnessing biology’s… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Intelligence is: (a) the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or (b) a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is (c)… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
“A primary reason that people believe that life is getting worse is because our information about the problems of the world has… — 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
