Ray Kurzweil
Technology Pioneer and Inventor
Ray Kurzweil is a pioneering inventor in the field of computer science. He's well known for historic tech innovations, that he developed using the software programming technique called pattern recognition. Ray has been described as "the restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal, and "the ultimate thinking machine" by Forbes. Inc. magazine ranked him #8 among entrepreneurs in the USA, calling him the "rightful heir to Thomas Edison".
"The ultimate thinking machine" Forbes
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His legendary predictions about the future - tracking leaps in science, tech, and global progress - maintain a high accuracy level, even today. His legendary predictions about the future - tracking leaps in science, tech, and global progress - maintain a high accuracy level, even today. Ray is currently a principal researcher + AI visionary at Google - a subsidiary of the company Alphabet - where he + his team of software programmers are studying ways that computers can: process, interpret, understand, and use human language in everyday applications. Ray is the recipient of the $500,000 MIT-Lemelson Prize, the world's largest for innovation. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in a White House ceremony and in 2002, he was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
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With unparalleled insights into what the future holds and how new technologies will affect the way we work and develop, Ray Kurzweil offers audiences an invaluable sneak preview of what is just around the technology corner.