Редактирование: Ray Kurzweil

[[File:Raymond_Kurzweil_Fantastic_Voyage.jpg|right|thumb|Kurzweil on or prior to July 5, 2005]]
'''Ray Kurzweil''' (born February 12, 1948) is an American author, inventor and futurist. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He is the author of several books on health, [[artificial intelligence]] (AI), [[transhumanism]], the [[technological singularity]], and [[futurism]].

Many of his predictions can be considered classically [[techno-optimism|techno-optimistic]].

He blogs at [[Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence]]

==Books==

*''[[The Age of Spiritual Machines]]''
*''[[Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever]]''
*''[[Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever]]''
*''[[The Singularity is Near]]''
*''[[How to Create a Mind]]''

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/8208901822 Facebook group #1]
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/kurzweil/ Facebook group #2]
* {{wikipedia|Ray Kurzweil}}
{{facebook page|https://www.facebook.com/Kurzweil2045/}}
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