Ray Kurzweil

Neuroethics: Whose Mind Is It Anyway?

Matthew D. Erlich, M.D. | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Neurotech, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Transhumanism, Ray Kurzweil, Neurotechnology, Neuromarketing, Neuroethics, Artificial Intelligence, Brain Science, Science News
Matthew D. Erlich, M.D.

Reading a person's thoughts, implanting machinery into man, and augmenting our neural processing powers with cognitive enhancers are all matters of neuroethics. They bring us face to face with questions about who has access to powerful new technologies and for what purposes.

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The World Technology Awards

Bill_Robinson | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Biotech, World Technology Network, Nanotechnology, United Nations, It, Ray Kurzweil, Green Energy, Wtn, Technology News
Bill_Robinson

I go to a lot of tech conferences and trade shows. It's a necessary evil for me. I don't enjoy it much, in fact they give me a screeching headache ...

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Evolution Is a Spiritual Process: An Interview With Ray Kurzweil

Anthony Adams | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Ray Kurzweil, Ray Kurzweil Interview, Technology Future, Transcendent Man Film, Transcendent Man, Future of Love, Technology News
Anthony Adams

As I stepped off the NYC subway on my way to interview Ray Kurzweil, a woman bumped into me and my iPhone fell, bounced, and then dropped down into the tracks. People looked on in horror as if a puppy had just died.

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Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants and the Evolution of the Noosphere

Jason Silva | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Darwin's Pharmacy, Jason Silva, Noosphere, Ray Kurzweil, Psychedelics, Richard Doyle, Singularity, Technology, Imagination, Technology News
Jason Silva

In Darwin's Pharmacy, the transhumanist philosopher Richard Doyle focuses on his favorite technology: the psychedelic, "ecodelic" plants and chemicals -- read: drugs -- that can help make us process more information.

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Ray Kurzweil on Translation Technology

Nataly Kelly | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Google, Language, Technology, Robots, Translation, Artificial Intelligence, Ray Kurzweil, Machines, Music, Technology News
Nataly Kelly

According to Ray Kurzweil, machines will reach human levels of translation quality by the year 2029. In addition to text-based translation, numerous advances have taken place recently.

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Green News Report: February 22, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2, Natural Disasters, Green Jobs, Ray Kurzweil, Epa, Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Innovation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Drought, Libya, Infrastructure, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Electric Cars, Scott Walker, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Overfishing, Tea Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Wisconsin, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, New Zealand, Budget, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Palm Oil, Barack Obama, Girl Scout Cookies, New Zealand Earthquake, Koch Brothers, Grand Canyon, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Uranium, Green News, Sustainability, Food, Koch Industries, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Extreme Weather, Refugees, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Deadly ea...

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In The Watson Era, Will The Computer Be Servant, Master, Or Savior?

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Watson, God, Jeopardy, Computers, Ray Kurzweil, Sherlock, Blade Runner, Computer Agents, Internet, Watson Jeopardy, Agents, The Future, Technology, Jeopardy Computer, Watson Computer, Artificial Intelligence, Watson Ibm, Smarter Ideas, Religion News
Clay Farris Naff

I confess that in a quasi-religious way I have long been intrigued by the concept of a godlike computer, and Watson has kindled that interest back into flame.

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What Innovations Will Rock Our World in the Next 25 Years?

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innotribe, Innovation, 25 Years, Singularity Universe, Ray Kurzweil, Sibos, Technology News
Brett King

The next 25 years will be about simplicity and great design. Complexity is not valued in world that tends towards greater complexity.

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Reverse-Engineering Of Human Brain Likely By 2020, Expert Predicts

wired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reverse Engineer Brain, The Future, Reverse Engineer Human Brain, Ray Kurzweil, Technology News

Reverse-engineering the human brain so we can simulate it using computers may be only a decade away, says Ray Kurzweil, artificial intelligence expert...

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The Singularity Summit 2010

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genome Sequencing Cost, Moore's Law, Shane Legg, Vernor Vinge, Ravez Naam, Darpa, Artificial Intelligence, Singularity Summit 2010, Ray Kurzweil, Peak Oil, Gregg Stock, The Amazing Randi, Global Warming, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

It was refreshing and invigorating for me to experience unbounded optimism at the Singularity Summit gathering in San Francisco this past weekend.

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Can Religion Rediscover Itself? Taking a Cue from the Singularity University

Paul Lamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, Religion Science, Technological Singularity, Spirituality, Singularity University, Religion News
Paul Lamb

Why aren't religious organizations imbued with the same spirit of wide open discovery we find in a place like Singularity University? Is it because religions hold that nothing beyond what is written in the sacred texts is worth discovering?

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Hogwash About the Singularity Is Here

Neil S. Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sergey Brin, Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, Wishful Thinking, Bill Gates, Future, Human Lifespan, Larry Page, Human Limitations, Technology, Computer Memory, Processing Speed, DNA Sequencing, Technology News
Neil S. Greenspan

There is no basis at present for believing that medical interventions based on postulated but not-yet-realized nanobots will perform their duties without the side-effects associated with every other therapeutic agent ever employed.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moore's Law, Quantum Physics, Vernor Vinge, Quantum Mechanics, Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity, Bio-Info-Nano Singularity, Quantum Algorithms, Robin Hanson, Artificial Intelligence, Aubrey De Grey, Innovation, Paradigm Shift, Industrial Revolution, Economy, Technology News
DK Matai

Editor's Note: This post has been removed from the Huffington Post....

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Will Kurzweil's Blio Change eBooks As We Know Them?

The New York Times | ASHLEE VANCE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, Ray Kurzweil, Ibooks, Blio, Epub, Books, Ebooks, Ipad, Ereaders, Kurzweil, Books News

Mr. Kurzweil argued that the existing e-readers and tablets had limitations in the text formats they support and the way they handle the original imag...

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Ray Kurzweil Has Seen the Future, and the Machine Is Us (VIDEO)

Alex Pasternack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robotics, Singularity, Biotech, Future, Transhumanism, Immortality, Ray Kurzweil, Technology News
Alex Pasternack

If you haven't already downloaded the article into your brain, the New York Times blew the cover on the trans-humanist movement this weekend, just as ...

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The Authors of Tomorrow

Max Lugavere | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ray Kurzweil, Bill Clinton, David Rubenstein, Max Lugavere, Causecast, dc10, Elliott Bisnow, Technology, Summit Series, Technology News
Max Lugavere

It's no secret that digital tools are changing the business models of media, and it's also apparent that the industries that have been the most resistant to change could use the most work.

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Summit Series DC10: What To Do With 150 Years of Life

Daphne Oz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fallen Whistles, Bill Clinton, Young Entrepreneurs, Charity, Elliot Bisnow, Ray Kurzweil, Summit Series, Washington DC, Nothing but Nets, Invisible Children, Charity: Water, Impact News
Daphne Oz

What kind of impact can Summit Series DC10 -- essentially a summer camp for adults -- possibly have? President Clinton gave us direction: we have the power to decide our nation's direction.

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Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era

Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Pulier, Alex Veytsel, Transhumanism, Tony Greenberg, Ray Kurzweil, Technology News
Tony Greenberg

Tony can also be read here Innovation, including transhumanist innovation, is mostly the domain of private enterprise, which operates in one of a few...

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Tools of Change: Publishing Conference Looks To The Future Of Books, Features Arianna Huffington, Ray Kurzweil

Publishers Weekly | Calvin Reid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tools of Change, Book Publishing, Toc, Ray Kurzweil, William Patry, Future of Publishing, Blio, Arianna Huffington, Ebooks, Books, O'Reilly, Ereaders, Books News

Even a cold pouring rain couldn't hold down attendance at O'Reilly Media's fourth annual Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, held once again at...

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Kurzweil's Blio Brings Color And Pictures To eReaders

Wired | Charlie Sorrel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, Ray Kurzweil, E-Ink, Ereaders, Ebooks, Books, Color eReader, Apple Tablet, Color eBooks, Blio eReader, Kurzweil Blio, Nook, Blio, Tablets, Books News

Ray Kurzweil, who thought up pretty much everything, ever, has entered the e-book fray. Due to debut at CES in Las Vegas next week, Kurzweil's Blio co...

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Political Health Endgame: You Deserve Better Solutions

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Canton, Marcia Angell, Longevity, Dr. Andrew Weil, Ken Dychtwald, Health Care Reform, Antiaging-Medicine, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Anuerin Bevin, Nhs, Big Pharma, Health Insurance, Ray Kurzweil, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

Our current medical model is based on disease and organ pathology. A disease management system. No overt disease and your doctor will dismiss you. It will not be covered by your insurance.

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Live Forever: Technology For Immortality Only 20 Years Away, Scientist Claims

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Live Forever, Stay Young, Nanotechnology, Immortality, Ray Kurzweil, Technology News

The 61-year-old American, who has predicted new technologies arriving before, says our understanding of genes and computer technology is accelerating ...

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