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Ray Kurzweil

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AI Visionary and Principal Researcher at Google

🇺🇸 American

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.

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Current role
AI Visionary and Principal Researcher
Education
Born1948
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Last editorial review: August 8, 2026