Researcher · Engineer · Founder

Ray Kurzweil

GoogleAI Visionary and Principal Researcher

🇺🇸 AmericanBorn 1948

Kurzweil is an inventor and futurist whose reading machines, text recognition, and speech-synthesis systems helped make computers more accessible. His books popularized the idea that accelerating technological progress could eventually transform human intelligence and longevity.

Career & education

Current role

AI Visionary and Principal Researcher

Previously

Kurzweil Computer Products

Kurzweil Music Systems

Kurzweil Applied Intelligence

Education

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