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Ray Kurzweil Quotes

Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we’re afraid to really stretch Picture Quote #1

It is doubling now every two years. Doubling every two years means multiplying by 1,000 in 20 years. At that rate we’ll meet 100 percent of our energy needs in 20 years Picture Quote #1

There are downsides to every technology. Fire kept us warm, but also burned down our villages Picture Quote #1

We’ll be able to have very intelligent, little robots with computers going inside our bloodstream, keeping us healthy from inside, destroying cancer at the level of one cell Picture Quote #1

As you go out to the 2040s, now the bulk of our thinking is out in the cloud. The biological portion of our brain didn’t go away but the nonbiological portion will be much more powerful. And it will be uploaded automatically the way we back up everything now that’s digital Picture Quote #1

Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death Picture Quote #1

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Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People’s needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit it Picture Quote #1

Find your passion, learn how to add value to it, and commit to a lifetime of learning Picture Quote #1

The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense Picture Quote #1

The fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right Picture Quote #1

Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020 Picture Quote #1

Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider its intrusion a tragic event. Yet we’d find it hard to live without it. Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it Picture Quote #1

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If we could convert 0.03 percent of the sunlight that falls on the earth into energy, we could meet all of our projected needs for 2030 Picture Quote #1

We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios Picture Quote #1

Nature, and the natural human condition, generates tremendous suffering. We have the means to overcome that, and we should deploy it Picture Quote #1

I envision some years from now that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking. It’ll just know this is something that you’re going to want to see Picture Quote #1

Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings Picture Quote #1

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Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world is all about Picture Quote #1

I’m working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents Picture Quote #1

We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs Picture Quote #1

Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it’s going to be left in the dust Picture Quote #1

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 evolved in a very different era Picture Quote #1

Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain Picture Quote #1

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By 2009, computers will disappear. Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses Picture Quote #1

Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion Picture Quote #1

Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies Picture Quote #1

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Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we’re afraid to really stretch (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) It is doubling now every two years. Doubling every two years means multiplying by 1,000 in 20 years. At that rate we’ll meet 100 percent of our energy needs in 20 years (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) There are downsides to every technology. Fire kept us warm, but also burned down our villages (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) We’ll be able to have very intelligent, little robots with computers going inside our bloodstream, keeping us healthy from inside, destroying cancer at the level of one cell (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) As you go out to the 2040s, now the bulk of our thinking is out in the cloud. The biological portion of our brain didn’t go away but the nonbiological portion will be much more powerful. And it will be uploaded automatically the way we back up everything now that’s digital (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People’s needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target to hit it (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Find your passion, learn how to add value to it, and commit to a lifetime of learning (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) The telephone is virtual reality in that you can meet with someone as if you are together, at least for the auditory sense (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) The fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020 (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider its intrusion a tragic event. Yet we’d find it hard to live without it. Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) If we could convert 0.03 percent of the sunlight that falls on the earth into energy, we could meet all of our projected needs for 2030 (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Nature, and the natural human condition, generates tremendous suffering. We have the means to overcome that, and we should deploy it (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) I envision some years from now that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking. It’ll just know this is something that you’re going to want to see (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Doing real world projects is, I think, the best way to learn and also to engage the world and find out what the world is all about (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) I’m working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it’s going to be left in the dust (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) 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 evolved in a very different era (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) By 2009, computers will disappear. Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion (Ray Kurzweil Quotes) Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies (Ray Kurzweil Quotes)

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