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Ray Kurzweil (February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist, and inventor. He i ...

Part 1 of TED Radio Hour's "Prophets of Technology: The OG influencers" Futurist Ray Kurzweil was early to forecast AI would turbocharge human potential. At 77, he shares lessons from 60 years of ...

Futurist and tech inventor Ray Kurzweil is the co-founder of Beyond Imagination. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League Ray Kurzweil, a renowned inventor and futurist, has long ...

There is no way to prove that one entity is conscious and another is not. Virtual characters can claim to be, but that does ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will ...