Ray Kurzweil Videos

This section is a collection of both current and archived Ray Kurzweil television interviews and appearances, as well as footage from events and institutional collections.

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Google | Building brains to understand the world’s data — Google Tech Talk with Jeff Hawkins and Q&A with Ray Kurzweil

March 13, 2013

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Google | The neocortex works on principles that are fundamentally different than traditional computers. In this talk I will describe recent advances in understanding the neocortex and how we are applying them to model millions of high velocity data streams.

The talk will start with a description of sparse distributed representations, which are the fundamental units of information in brains. I will then discuss how these representations are learned… read more

Video Source: Google

Topics: AI/Robotics | Cognitive Science/Neuroscience

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Bloomberg TV Taking Stock | Pimm Fox interviews Ray Kurzweil: how technology will save the world

December 13, 2012

Ray Kurzweil with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg TV

Bloomberg TV | Ray Kurzweil, author of How to Create a Mind, discusses reverse-engineering the human brain. He speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television’s Taking Stock.

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Bloomberg TV Taking Stock | “Kurzweil on how technology will save the world”

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PBS Closer to Truth | The far future of humans and intelligence in the universe — episodes with Ray Kurzweil

March 5, 2011

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Closer to Truth | Ray is a world-renowned inventor, computer scientist, innovative futurist and best-selling author. He founded four technology companies based on his revolutionary inventions in artificial intelligence, including reading machines for the blind, speech recognition, and music synthesis.

Ray was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer,… read more

Video Source: PBS | Closer to Truth

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Topics: Physics/Cosmology | Singularity/Futures | Social/Ethical/Legal | Space

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Singularity Hub | Exclusive video interview with Ray Kurzweil on future AI project at Google

January 17, 2013

Ray Kurzweil with Keith Kleiner on new Google role

Singularity Hub | In an exclusive with Singularity Hub, Ray Kurzweil gave one of his first interviews since the December announcement that he joined Google full time as Director of Engineering. Speaking with Singularity Hub Founder Keith Kleiner, Ray discusses his new role, how his research interests connect with his latest book How To Create A Mind (which Keith recently interviewed Ray about here), and how technology will advance to produce a “cybernetic friend”… read more

Video Source: Singularity Hub

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Sony Pictures Entertainment | Top thinkers including Google’s Ray Kurzweil join After Earth stars Jaden and Will Smith to talk about the future in “After Earth Day” Google hangout

April 23, 2013

Ray Kurzweil After Earth Google hangout


Sony Pictures Entertainment | “AFTER EARTH” COMES TO LIFE IN GOOGLE+ HANGOUT DISCUSSION

Top Thinkers Including Google’s Ray Kurzweil, Elon Musk, Alexandra Cousteau, and NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams, Join “After Earth” Stars Jaden Smith and Will Smith to Talk About Science, Technology, Innovation and the Future in “After Earth Day” Discussion on April 23, 2013

CULVER CITY, Calif., April 22, 2013 – In advance of the… read more

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Best Buy | SXSW interview — ‘A genius predicts the future’

March 15, 2012

Best Buy SXSW genius predicts the future

Best Buy | The inventor of text-to-speech says you won’t need text or speech to surf the Web.

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Best Buy | Ray Kurzweil featured in Best Buy’s Super Bowl ad featuring tech pioneers


Video Source: Best Buy

Topics: Singularity/Futures

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rdigitalife | Robot evolution

July 27, 2012

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What are the possibilities, the ethics, and the emotional implications of robot evolution? Ray Kurzweil (The Singularity is Near), Sherry Turkle (Alone Together), Rosalind Picard (Affective Computing), Matt Gray (robot acting coach), Rob Spence (the Eyeborg), and Thiago Caires (Bionik Labs) share their thoughts on the merging of man and machine. What do you think?

Topics: AI/Robotics | Singularity/Futures

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Brian Hoffstein’s two questions for Ray Kurzweil

March 9, 2012

Ray Kurzweil interviewed by Brian Hoffstein

Brian Hoffstein | Filmed right before his talk in Los Angeles, I got a chance to briefly speak with Ray Kurzweil — the futurist extraordinaire and prophet of the Singularity.

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Brian Hoffstein, contributing writer on Big Think

Topics: Singularity/Futures

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The Blaze TV The Glenn Beck Program | Glenn Beck interviews Ray Kurzweil

November 26, 2012

Ray Kurzweil with Glenn Beck

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The Blaze | “Ridiculously accurate ‘futurist’ shares his bold prediction on The Glenn Beck Program”
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Video Source: The Blaze TV | The Glenn Beck Program

Topics: Singularity/Futures

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Women at the Frontier: Designing the Future 2012 | Ray Kurzweil interviewed by daughter Amy Kurzweil

November 28, 2012

Ray Kurzweil is interviewed by his daughter Amy Kurzweil at the recent event Women at the Frontier: Designing the Future 2012.

Women at the Frontier | Women at the Frontier is an emerging global network of game-changers unleashing exponential technology. As pioneers, catalysts, connectors from all sectors, W@F featuring women at the cutting edge of their industry —launching social enterprises, shifting mindset and inspiring the next generation of leaders.… read more

Video Source: Women at the Frontier: Designing the Future 2012

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