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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Person
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:The_Edison_Achievement_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Technology
Inventor of the Year
The Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1948-02-12
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Amy_Kurzweil
gptkb:Evan_Kurzweil
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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Jewish
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:Artificial_Intelligence
gptkb:computer_science
gptkb:supermassive_black_hole
transhumanism
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Kurzweil_Educational_Systems
gptkb:Kurzweil_Technologies
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Raymond Kurzweil
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gptkbp:influenced
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technology and futurism
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkb:Marvin_Minsky
gptkb:John_W._Mc_Carthy
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gptkbp:known_for
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predictions about artificial intelligence
advocating for the merging of humans and machines
developing OCR technology
developing music synthesizers
developing text-to-speech technology
the concept of the singularity
the law of accelerating returns
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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" I think we will be able to create a human-level AI by the end of the 2020s."
" The singularity is near."
" We are the creators of our own destiny."
" Our technology is not an extension of ourselves; it is a part of ourselves."
" The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed."
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:How_to_Create_a_Mind
gptkb:The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines
The Singularity Is Near
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Author
gptkb:Fuchsia
gptkb:Inventor
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Sonya_Kurzweil
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gptkbp:website
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www.kurzweilai.net
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Mc_Carthy_IV
gptkb:Dr._John_D._Mc_Carthy
gptkb:MIT_School_of_Engineering
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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