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Ray Kurzweil
Public intellectuals & authors

Ray Kurzweil

Inventor and futurist; the singularity's chief proponent.

b. 1948United StatesPrincipal Researcher & AI Visionary, GoogleCo-founder, Singularity UniversityFounder, Kurzweil Technologies
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Known for
Law of Accelerating ReturnsOCR and speech synthesis

3 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 2012–now14 yrsGooglePrincipal Researcher & AI Visionary
  2. 2008–now18 yrsSingularity UniversityCo-founder
  3. 1995–now31 yrsKurzweil TechnologiesFounder

3 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first

  1. 1999The Age of Spiritual Machines
  2. 2005The Singularity Is Near
  3. 2024The Singularity Is Nearer

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