AW: Many people only know Ray as this kind of zany dreamer, but I think you really portray him as a problem solver—he sees something wrong and he tries to fix it. Do you still see him as more of an ...

Exclusive: Futurist and singularity expert Ray Kurzweil will join best-selling author and TIME senior writer Lev Grossman for a special keynote conversation to be held at this spring’s South By ...

Ray Kurzweil has left a mark on our lives. The 76-year-old computer scientist, author, inventor and futurist is responsible for advances in technologies we take for granted: optical character ...

Lex Fridman talked with Ray Kurzweil about the Technological Singularity. Ray still asserts that computer artificial intelligence will pass the Turing Test in 2029 and the Singularity will happen ...

Editor's Note: The following is a brief letter from Ray Kurzweil, cofounder and member of the board at Singularity Group, Singularity Hub's parent company, in response to the Future of Life ...

The digital age is upon us, and it’s not going anywhere. Humanity has either been freed by its own intelligent design or reduced to full-time screen watchers, depending on how you choose to look at it ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will ...

But it ain't happening fast enough for Ray Kurzweil. At least that's the sense one gets from the author, inventor, futurist and now chancellor of the new Singularity University in Silicon Valley, ...