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Raymond C. Kurzweil is a pioneer in several areas of the computer industry involving mainly artificial intelligence (AI). He was the main developer of many firsts: omni-font optical character recognition (OCR) software, text-to-speech synthesizer and print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, charge coupled device (CCD) flat-bed scanner, commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech ... [MORE]
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Artificial Intelligence
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Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil was online to answer questions on the Singularity theory: an era where humans and technology converge. Needs free registration.
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Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
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By Raymond Kurzweil, Terry Grossman, M.D.; Rodale Books, 2004, ISBN 1579549543. Book site, with descriptions, excerpts, resources, health research and news, press reviews, biography.
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Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
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Research, development and marketing firm. Technologies: pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, evolutionary algorithms, signal processing, simulating natural processes, related.
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KurzweilAI.net
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News, analysis, and essays on emerging trends in many technologies: AI, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, life extension, related areas.
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Machine Dreams
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Interview. When software runs inside our brains, what will happen to us? Ray Kurzweil, who helped invent the IT present, explains how humans fit into the IT future. [CIO Magazine]
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National Inventors Hall of Fame Inventor Profile
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Brief biographic highlights, inducted 2002. [Invent Now]
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Ray & Terry's Longevity Products
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Firm sells nutrient supplements (vitamins, minerals, herbs) for longevity program documented in Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman book: Fantastic Voyage.
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Ray Kurzweil
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Substantial interview on The Singularity is Near, with informative graphs. [InstaPundit]
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Ray Kurzweil: Life in the Future
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Will new technologies fundamentally change what it means to be human? Inventor and author discusses technology change and effects on everything from health to artificial intelligence. Audio file. [NPR]
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Raymond Kurzweil
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Growing biography, with links to many related topics. [NodeWorks Encyclopedia]
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Singularity is Near
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By Raymond Kurzweil; Viking Press, 2005, ISBN 0670033847. Book site, with descriptions, excerpts, resources, news, press reviews, biography.
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Singularity: Ubiquity Interviews Ray Kurzweil
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Substantive, meaty, medium long. [ACM: Ubiquity]
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The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
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By Ray Kurzweil; Penguin, 2000, ISBN 0140282025. Description, and comments by technology celebrities.
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Winners' Circle: Raymond Kurzweil
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Biographic announcement of 2001 Lemelson-MIT Prize. [MIT]
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