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Ray Kurzweil on how technology will transform us. Futurist Ray Kurzweil isn’t worried about climate change. Ray Kurzweil.Photo: JD LasicaBy Lauren Feeney Author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil famously and accurately predicted that a computer would beat a man at chess by 1998, that technologies that help spread information would accelerate the collapse of the Soviet Union, and that a worldwide communications network would emerge in the mid 1990s (i.e. the internet). Most of Kurzweil’s prognostications are derived from his law of accelerating returns — the idea that information technologies progress exponentially, in part because each iteration is used to help build the next, better, faster, cheaper one. In the case of computers, this is not just a theory but an observable trend — computer processing power has doubled every two years for nearly half a century.

Kurzweil also believes this theory can be applied to solar energy. Q. You have made a prediction about the future of solar energy … A. So right now it’s at half a percent of the world’s energy. People say we’re running out of energy. Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence. Transcendent Man. Humanité 2.0 : la bible du changement: Amazon.fr: Ray Kurzweil, Adeline Mesmin. HUMANITE 2.0 - Singularité. Humanité 2.0, La bible du changement Une interview de Ray Kurzweil autour de Humanité 2.0, La bible du changement (M21 Editions, 2007) Titre original "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology" Denis Failly - Welcome Ray Kurzweil and thank you to grant me a interview for the french blog dedicated to innovation and futur: Les Entretiens du Futur.

Let's go now in the heart of the matter. What is "Singularity" the center peace of your book "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology" ? Ray Kurzveil - Within a quarter century, nonbiological intelligence will match the range and subtlety of human intelligence. It will then soar past it because of the continuing acceleration of information-based technologies, as well as the ability of machines to instantly share their knowledge. Nonbiological intelligence will have access to its own design and will be able to improve itself in an increasingly rapid redesign cycle. But perfecting our biology will only get us so far. Raymond Kurzweil. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.

Pour les articles homonymes, voir Kurzweil. Raymond Kurzweil. Présentation[modifier | modifier le code] Ray Kurzweil est né et a grandi dans le Queens, à New York. Son père est musicien et chef d'orchestre, et sa mère peintre. Tous deux sont des Juifs laïques originaires d'Europe qui ont quitté l'Autriche peu avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. À 15 ans, il met au point un logiciel de reconnaissance de thèmes musicaux analysant les œuvres de compositeurs classiques, puis synthétisant ses propres chansons en imitant leurs styles. Kurzweil fut le développeur principal du premier OCR reconnaissant toutes les polices, du premier relecteur d'écran pour les non-voyants, du premier instrument électronique capable de recréer le son d'un piano à queue et d'autres instruments d'orchestre ainsi que d'un système de reconnaissance vocale.

Il est aussi (en 2006) membre du conseil d'administration du Massachusetts Institute of Technology. En français.