He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology and electronic keyboard instruments. He has written books on …

Published by Ray Kurzweil — the inventor, best-selling author, and futurist — the collections explore themes from his landmark non-fiction books. This official website is also home to the …

Nov 20, 2025 · Ray Kurzweil (born February 12, 1948, Queens, New York, U.S.) is an American computer scientist and futurist who pioneered pattern-recognition technology and proselytized …

Jul 11, 2025 · Ray Kurzweil is a computer scientist, inventor and futurist who has worked on artificial intelligence for the past six decades. His inventions span from text-to-speech …

Jun 7, 2024 · In How to Create a Mind, Ray Kurzweil, a leading futurist, explores how we can understand the human brain by reverse-engineering it, using that knowledge to build smarter …

Ray has written five national best-selling books, including New York Times best sellers The Singularity Is Near (2005) and How To Create A Mind (2012). He is a Director of Engineering …

He is a principal researcher and AI visionary at Google, looking at the long-term implications of technology and society.

Ray Kurzweil (’70, Computer Science and Literature) is a Principal Researcher and AI Visionary at Google. Kurzweil also served on the MIT Corporation from 2005- 2012.

Ray Kurzweil Co-Founder and Chancellor of Singularity and is one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists.

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology is a 2005 non-fiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. A sequel …