Raymond Kurzweil
Full Name: Raymond Kurzweil
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Profession: Inventor and Author
Why Famous: Called a "restless genius" by the Wall Street Journal, Kurzweil has been involved with numerous inventions in the field of optical character recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, electronic instruments and speech recognition technology.
In addition to this he has authored numerous books on AI, transhumanism and futurism.
Born: February 12, 1948 (70 years old)
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
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