Ray Kurzweil

Director of Engineering, Google (Emeritus) Founder, Kurzweil Technologies

Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, futurist, and AI theorist best known for his predictions about the future of technology and artificial intelligence. A pioneer in speech recognition and machine learning, he joined Google in 2012 to lead AI development projects focused on natural language understanding. Kurzweil is a vocal proponent of technological singularity — the point at which AI surpasses human intelligence — and has written extensively on how humans and machines will increasingly merge. Though sometimes controversial, his long-term forecasts continue to influence thinking around the trajectory and societal impact of AI.

"AI Technology requires thoughtful implementation in the insurance sector."