Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings.
Ray KurzweilWe appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.
Ray KurzweilThe fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right.
Ray KurzweilBy the time we get to the 2040s, we'll be able to multiply human intelligence a billionfold. That will be a profound change that's singular in nature. Computers are going to keep getting smaller and smaller. Ultimately, they will go inside our bodies and brains and make us healthier, make us smarter.
Ray Kurzweil