“Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If you take 30 steps linearly, you get to 30. If you take 30 steps exponentially, you get to a billion.”

— Ray Kurzweil

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About Ray Kurzweil

Inventor • American

Raymond 'Ray' Kurzweil is a prominent American inventor, futurist, and author, best known for his work in optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, and electronic keyboard instruments. He has...

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