Ray Kurzweil

“Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020.”

“What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make.”

“Once we have inexpensive energy, we can readily and inexpensively convert the vast amount of dirty and salinated water we have on the planet to usable water.”

“Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the machines we're creating are not some invasion from Mars. We create...”

“I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author.”

“I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.”

“Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.”

“New technologies can be used for destructive purposes. The answer is to develop rapid-response systems for new dangers like a bioterrorist creating a new biological virus.”

“Biology is a software process. Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells, each governed by this process. You and I are walking around with outdated software running in our bodies, which e...”

“We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.”

“My mission at Google is to develop natural language understanding with a team and in collaboration with other researchers at Google.”

“People say we're running out of energy. That's only true if we stick with these old 19th century technologies. We are awash in energy from the sunlight.”

“The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense.”