Raymond Kurzweil

AMERICAN COMPUTER SCIENTIST AND FUTURIST

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• Anthony G. Craine

LAST UPDATED: Feb 8, 2019 See Article History

Raymond Kurzweil, (born Feb. 12, 1948, Queens, N.Y., U.S.), American computer scientist and futurist who pioneered pattern-recognition technology and proselytized the inevitability of humanity’s merger with the technology it created.