Google hires renowned futurist Ray KurzweilDecember 15, 2012 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google has hired Ray Kurzweil, SlashGear reports citing an announcement on his website Kurzweilai.net. Kurzweil is a renowned futurist who waxes eloquent about his fondness for Google. He’s set to begin working Monday, Dec 17 as Director of Engineering, and will be involved with language processing and machine learning projects. According to Kurzweil, his interest in technology began in his childhood, and has only grown since then, leading him to design his first program at the age of 14. He was the first to invent print-to-speech for the visually impaired, and has since gone on to create a variety of inventions that “make a difference in people’s lives.” The 64-year-old is also the author of multiple written pieces that explore the possibilities of technology and what the future may hold. One such prediction is that in the relatively near future, computers will reach a point where they match humans in terms of both intelligence and self-awareness, something that would kick off technological developments at an unprecedented pace. As such, he speaks rather fondly of Google, explaining that the search engine giant is at the “forefront” of making the theoretical into a possibility. “In 1999, I said that in about a decade we would see technologies such as self-driving cars and mobile phones that could answer your questions, and people criticized these predictions as unrealistic,” he writes on his blog. “Fast forward a decade—Google has demonstrated self-driving cars, and people are indeed asking questions of their Android phones.” Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. |