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About Ray Kurzweil
American inventor and futurist, Ray Kurzweil is known for his involvement in works such as text-to-speech synthesis, optical character recognition (OCR), electronic keyboard instruments, and speech recognition technology.
He got on board with Google as director of engineering in 2012.
As an author, Kurzweil has published books in areas such as futurism, transhumanism, the technological singularity, artificial intelligence (AI), and health.
He boasts of having written and co-produced the movie, "The Singularity Is Near: A True Story About the Future" – which was directed by Anthony Waller and centered on his 2005 book tagged "The Singularity Is Near" - in 2010.
Family Life
His was born to father, Frederic Kurzweil and mother, Hannah Kurzweil. He is noted to have a sister named Enid Kurzweil. He got married to Sonya R. Kurzweil in 1975. His children are Amy and Ethan Kurzweil.
Achievements
He received the "National Medal of Technology and Innovation" in 1999 and was inducted into the "National Inventors Hall of Fame" in 2002.
He earned the "Dickson Prize in Science" in 1995 and received the "Inventor of the Year" from ‘Massachusetts Institute of Technology’ in 1998.
He was honored with the "National Medal of Technology" by Bill Clinton in 1999 and was awarded the "Golden Plate Award" at the 2000 American Academy of Achievement.
Trivia
He has at least 21 honorary doctorate degrees.
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F.A.Q. about Ray Kurzweil
When is his birthday?
Ray Kurzweil's birthday is on February 12, 1948.
In how many days is his birthday?
Ray's birthday is in 74 days
How old is he?
He is 75 years old.
Where is Ray from?
He was born in Queens, New York, U.S..