Sunday 16 December 2012

Ray Kurzweil joins Google

Well-known American inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is joining Google.

Ray KurzweilDonna Coveney/MIT
Ray Kurzweil

The 64-year-old, whose work includes computer and machine intelligence, neuroscience and virtual reality, revealed the move on his blog on Friday.

Kurzweil said his work at Google would focus on new projects involving machine learning and language processing. The job begins on Monday, when Kurzweil will take the title director of engineering, he wrote.

"I've been interested in technology, and machine learning in particular, for a long time: when I was 14, I designed software that wrote original music, and later went on to invent the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, among other inventions. I've always worked to create practical systems that will make a difference in people's lives, which is what excites me as an inventor," he wrote.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2020582/ray-kurzweil-joining-google.html

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