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Ray Kurzweil

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Raymond Kurzweil ( KURZ-wyle; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist, and inventor. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology and electronic keyboard instruments. He has written books on health technology, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is an advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements and gives public talks to share his optimistic outlook on life extension technologies and the future of nanotechnology, robotics, and biotechnology.

Ray Kurzweil - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948) Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil in 2017 Born Raymond Kurzweil ( 1948-02-12 ) February 12, 1948 (age 78) Queens , New York City, U.S. Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( BS ) Occupations Computer scientist Author Entrepreneur Futurist Inventor Employer Google Known for His predictions His books , especially The Singularity Is Near The Law of Accelerating Returns Co-founding Kurzweil Music Systems Children 2; including Amy Awards Grace Murray Hopper Awar

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