Best Ray Kurzweil Quotes
- So what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell… Blood
- Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider its… Avoiding
- If we could convert 0.03 percent of the sunlight that falls on the earth into energy, we could meet all of our projected needs for… All
- The software programs that make our body run ... were evolved in very different times. We'd like to actually change those programs. One little software… Actually Change
- Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it. Become Meaningless
- We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs. All
- My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there is no scientific… Acting
- Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it's going to be left in the dust. Biological
- There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the brain, called the… Articulating
- By 2009, computers will disappear. Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses. Computer
- The past is over; the present is fleeting; we live in the future. Fleeting
- Mobile phones are misnamed. They should be called gateways to human knowledge. Called
- Play is just another version of work Another Version
- Does God exist? Well, I would say, not yet Doe
- Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies. Allies
- Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30… Billion
- By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our clothing,… Built
- Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to control or even… Ability
- What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make. Decision
- I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything. Funny
- 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… Biology
- By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people. Computer
- Information defines your personality, your memories, your skills. Defines
- Although I'm not prepared to move up my prediction of a computer passing the Turing test by 2029, the progress that has been achieved in… Achieved
- My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google. Collaboration