Definition
Futurist and inventor who popularized concepts of technological singularity and exponential growth in AI capabilities.
Detailed Explanation
Ray Kurzweil is known for his predictions about AI and technological advancement, including the concept of technological singularity. He invented early reading machines for the blind and made contributions to optical character recognition and speech synthesis. His work focuses on the long-term implications of AI and human-machine merger.
Use Cases
Pattern recognition systems, Speech synthesis, Optical character recognition, Future technology prediction