Quotes of Ray Kurzweil - somelinesforyou

“ Hoewel we de illusie hebben dat we beelden met hoge resolutie ontvangen van onze ogen, stuurt de oogzenuw slechts contouren en aanwijzingen over interessante punten in ons blikveld naar het brein. We 'hallucineren' eigenlijk de wereld vanuit ons corticale geheugen. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We're merging with these nonbiological technologies. We're already on that path. I mean, this little Android phone I'm carrying on my belt is not yet inside my physical body, but that's an arbitrary distinction. It is part of who I am. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We have already to some extent separated the biological function of sex from its communication, sensual and recreational purposes. You can certainly have sex without having babies, and you can even have babies without having sex. In virtual reality we will have even more freedom to experiment. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

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

- Ray Kurzweil

“ 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

“ By 2009, computers will disappear. Displays will be written directly onto our retinas by devices in our eyeglasses and contact lenses. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ When people talk about the future of technology, especially artificial intelligence, they very often have the common dystopian Hollywood-movie model of us versus the machines. My view is that we will use these tools as we've used all other tools — to broaden our reach… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies, and easily discount / dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ 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… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ The human brain has about 100 billion neurons. With an estimated average of one thousand connections between each neuron and its neighbors, we have about 100 trillion connections, each capable of a simultaneous calculation... (but) only 200 calculations per second… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ When people talk about the future of technology, especially artificial intelligence, they very often have the common dystopian Hollywood-movie model of us versus the machines. My view is that we will use these tools as we've used all other tools — to broaden our reach… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We're merging with these nonbiological technologies. We're already on that path. I mean, this little Android phone I'm carrying on my belt is not yet inside my physical body, but that's an arbitrary distinction. It is part of who I am. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We're merging with these nonbiological technologies. We're already on that path. I mean, this little Android phone I'm carrying on my belt is not yet inside my physical body, but that's an arbitrary distinction. It is part of who I am. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We're merging with these nonbiological technologies. We're already on that path. I mean, this little Android phone I'm carrying on my belt is not yet inside my physical body, but that's an arbitrary distinction. It is part of who I am. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

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

- Ray Kurzweil

“ By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ 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… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We're merging with these nonbiological technologies. We're already on that path. I mean, this little Android phone I'm carrying on my belt is not yet inside my physical body, but that's an arbitrary distinction. It is part of who I am. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ 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… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ 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

“ 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… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ 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… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ The human brain has about 100 billion neurons. With an estimated average of one thousand connections between each neuron and its neighbors, we have about 100 trillion connections, each capable of a simultaneous calculation... (but) only 200 calculations per second… ”

- Ray Kurzweil

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

- Ray Kurzweil

“ Machines will follow a path that mirrors the evolution of humans. Ultimately, however, self-aware, self-improving machines will evolve beyond humans' ability to control or even understand them. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We're merging with these nonbiological technologies. We're already on that path. I mean, this little Android phone I'm carrying on my belt is not yet inside my physical body, but that's an arbitrary distinction. It is part of who I am. ”

- Ray Kurzweil

“ We are beginning to see intimations of this in the implantation of computer devices into the human body. ”

- Ray Kurzweil
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