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Ray Kurzweil, born on February 12, 1948, is an American author, inventor, and futurist. He is renowned for his contributions to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and optical character recognition. Kurzweil's writings span a variety of topics including technology, future trends, and human potential, and he is a prolific author with over 20 books to his name.

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“By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people.”

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“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 systems like Watson should give anyone substantial confidence that the advent of Turing-level AI is close at hand. If one were to create a version of Watson that was optimized for the Turing test, it would probably come pretty close.”

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Book:How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

Source: How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

“I'm working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents.”

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“[In] 2029, I think, computers will match and exceed human intelligence in the ways we're now superior, like being funny, where we still have an edge.”

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“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 singular in nature. Computers are going to keep getting smaller and smaller. Ultimately, they will go inside our bodies and brains and make us healthier, make us smarter.”

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“Those with engineering skills will build tomorrow's genius computers. But those with the ability to create knowledge of any kind will be the ones who are best able to extract great value from them. The way to create value in the age of genius machines will be to compile and disseminate knowledge that other people will find useful.”

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“Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.”

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“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 our retina, providing full-immersion virtual reality, augmented real reality. We'll be interacting with virtual personalities.”

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“When I was a student at MIT, we all shared one computer and it took up a whole building. The computer in your cell phone today is a million times cheaper and a thousand times more powerful. What now fits in your pocket 25 years from now will fit into a blood cell and will again be millions of times more cost effective.”

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“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 level of one cell.”

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“By 2009, computers will disappear. Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses.”

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“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, providing full-immersion visual virtual reality.”

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Book:The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Source: The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

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Born: February 12, 1948
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