---
title: "2 Next step Quotes By Ray Kurzweil"
description: "2 Next step quotes by Ray Kurzweil. Plus more from Ray Kurzweil and more Next step sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/ray-kurzweil-3529_biological-evolution_the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-wi_433342.jpg"
---

> [The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological evolution and has extended through human-directed technological evolution. however, it is precisely in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-will-take-place-in-the-material/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/ray-kurzweil-3529_biological-evolution_the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-wi_433342.jpg)

> [By the time of the Singularity, there won't be a distinction between humans and technology. This is not because humans will have become what we think of as machines today, but rather machines will have progressed to be like humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-the-time-of-the-singularity-there-won-t-be-a-distinction-between/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/ray-kurzweil-3529_computers_by-the-time-of-the-singularity-there-won_2940397.jpg)

## Other authors on Next step

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-goff-18578.jpg) Bob Goff 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/bob-goff/)

## More by Ray Kurzweil

> [We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/we-are-beginning-to-see-intimations-of-this-in-the-implantation-of/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-telephone-is-virtual-reality-in-that-you-can-meet-with-someone-as/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-2010-computers-will-disappear-they-ll-be-so-small-they-ll-be/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/all-different-forms-of-human-expression-art-science-are-going-to/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/doing-real-world-projects-is-i-think-the-best-way-to-learn-and-also/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/take-death-for-example-a-great-deal-of-our-effort-goes-into-avoiding/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-the-time-we-get-to-the-2040s-we-ll-be-able-to-multiply-human/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [We're democratizing the tools of creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/we-re-democratizing-the-tools-of-creativity/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/a-singularitarian-is-someone-who-understands-the-singularity-and-has/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [A lot of movies about artificial intelligence envision that AIs will be very intelligent but missing some key emotional qualities of humans and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/a-lot-of-movies-about-artificial-intelligence-envision-that-ais-will/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-key-issue-as-to-whether-or-not-a-non-biological-entity-deserves/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/we-ll-be-able-to-have-very-intelligent-little-robots-with-computers/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-ethical-debates-are-like-stones-in-a-stream-the-water-runs-around/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-the-end-of-this-decade-computers-will-disappear-as-distinct/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

> [As you go out to the 2040s, now the bulk of our thinking is out in the cloud. The biological portion of our brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/as-you-go-out-to-the-2040s-now-the-bulk-of-our-thinking-is-out-in-the/)

[Ray Kurzweil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-kurzweil/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Next step Quotes By Ray Kurzweil",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological evolution and has extended through human-directed technological evolution. however, it is precisely in the world of matter and energy that we encounter transcendence, a principal connotation of what people refer to as spirituality.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ray Kurzweil"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-will-take-place-in-the-material/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/ray-kurzweil-3529_biological-evolution_the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-wi_433342.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/ray-kurzweil-3529_biological-evolution_the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-wi_433342.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/ray-kurzweil-3529_biological-evolution_the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-wi_433342.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the…” — Ray Kurzweil",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "By the time of the Singularity, there won't be a distinction between humans and technology. This is not because humans will have become what we think of as machines today, but rather machines will have progressed to be like humans and beyond. Technology will be the metaphorical opposable thumb that enables our next step in evolution.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ray Kurzweil"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-kurzweil/by-the-time-of-the-singularity-there-won-t-be-a-distinction-between/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/ray-kurzweil-3529_computers_by-the-time-of-the-singularity-there-won_2940397.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/ray-kurzweil-3529_computers_by-the-time-of-the-singularity-there-won_2940397.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/ray-kurzweil-3529_computers_by-the-time-of-the-singularity-there-won_2940397.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“By the time of the Singularity, there won't be a distinction between humans and technology. This is not…” — Ray Kurzweil",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/",
            "name": "Next step Quotes by Ray Kurzweil",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/ray-kurzweil-3529_biological-evolution_the-singularity-denotes-an-event-that-wi_433342.jpg"
            },
            "description": "2 Next step quotes by Ray Kurzweil. Plus more from Ray Kurzweil and more Next step sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Next Step",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Ray Kurzweil",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/next-step/ray-kurzweil/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```