169 Quotes by Ray Kurzweil

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

I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author.

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.

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.

Life expectancy is a statistical phenomenon. You could still be hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow.

What if not everyone wants to go along with this?

Exponential growth looks like nothing is happening, and then suddenly you get this explosion at the end,

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

One could run these automata for trillions or even trillions of trillions of iterations, and the image would remain at the same limited level of complexity. They do not evolve into, say, insects, or humans, or Chopin preludes.