YouTube via ComputerHistory "[Recorded July 13 2009] Ray Kurzweil is a 21st century polymath. He is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, visionary and futurist. As a scientist and inventor he has pioneered work in optical character recognition (OCR), speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. As an entrepreneur, Kurzweil has founded businesses in...
Ray Kurzweil at Singularity Summit 2009 — The Ubiquity and Predictability of the Exponential Growth of Information Technology Ray Kurzweil at Singularity Summit 2009 — The Ubiquity and Predictability of the Exponential Growth of Information Technology from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo. Midas Oracle = About + Archives + Authors + Best + Contact + Information Technology + [...]...
Why is John Tierney so skeptical, and yet so gullible? The New York Times' science columnist is one of the most vocal global-warming doubters in the media, but when it comes to Ray Kurzweil's... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The broadest thematic point in futurist Ray Kurzweil’s opening keynote at Singularity University on November 6, 2009 was that once any area becomes an information technology, it starts conforming to the exponential curves of Moore’s Law progress that have defined the computing and communications industries since 1900 or earlier. Health is well on its way to becoming an information...
This week, Peggy Orenstein and I appeared on SETI’s (yes, that SETI!) public radio program to talk about Freedom. Other guests on the program include Ray Kurzweil and Stephen Wolfram. Link to the show (direct MP3 download) The segment on Freedom is about 30 minutes in. I enjoyed hearing Peggy talk about her work on the article, [...]