Are You Ready for a Virtual Reality?
November 2, 2001 by Joyce A. Schwartz
“If you work on technologies, you need to anticipate where technologies are going,” Kurzweil said at the 2000 ACM Siggraph in New Orleans.… read more
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Want to live to 200? Being a cyborg has advantages
November 2, 2001 by Garry Barker
Ray Kurzweil predicts that human identity will be called into question by the massive computers of the future.… read more
A.I.: Kurzweil Says Thumbs Up
November 2, 2001 by Wired News Radio
Wired gets Ray Kurzweil’s take on the Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg film “A.I.” prior to its wide release.… read more
Ray Kurzweil, Material Girl
November 2, 2001 by Wired News Radio
In this Wired interview, Kurzweil discusses how he used image- and voice-rendering software to transform himself into a 25-year-old singer named Ramona.… read more
As We May Think
November 1, 2001 by Vannevar Bush
This visionary essay, published in 1945, is a reminder that science and technology can and should be pursued as a means for peaceful and beneficial ends, not only warfare.… read more
Identifying Terrorists Before They Strike
October 4, 2001 by Steve Kirsch
Brain fingerprinting, a technique proven infallible in FBI tests and US Navy tests and accepted as evidence in US courts, could accurately identify trained terrorists before they strike. Had it been in place on September 11, it would have prevented all of the attackers from boarding the planes, says Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch.… read more
Intelligence, Computer and Human: A Discussion with Howard Gardner
October 2, 2001 by Howard Gardner, Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil and Howard Gardner discuss education, technology, pattern recognition and collecting electronic parts on Canal Street.… read more
Jim Lehrer News Hour: Interview with Ray Kurzweil
September 27, 2001 by Jim Lehrer News Hour
David Gergen, editor-at-large of U.S. News and World Report, talks with inventor Ray Kurzweil about his prediction that computers will attain the memory capacity and computing speed of the human brain by around 2020.… read more
A Dialog with the New York Times on the Technological Implications of the September 11 Disaster
September 27, 2001 by Ray Kurzweil
In preparation for the New York Times article, “In the Next Chapter, Is Technology an Ally?,” Ray Kurzweil engaged in a conversation with computer scientist Peter Neumann, science fiction author Bruce Sterling, law professor Lawrence Lessig, retired engineer Severo Ornstein, and cryptographer Whitfield Diffie, addressing questions of how technology and innovation will be shaped by the tragic events of September 11, 2001.… read more
Accelerated Living
September 24, 2001 by Ray Kurzweil
In this article written for PC Magazine, Ray Kurzweil explores how advancing technologies will impact our personal lives.… read more
We Earth Neurons
September 18, 2001 by Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett on knowledge sharing and the fate of the planet, in which he contrasts individuals and their brains with the trillions of neurons that compose them. The planet has grown its own nervous system: us.… read more