Ray Kurzweil

"The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one week by any of these debates."

"I will be able to talk to this re-creation. Ultimately, it will be so realistic it will be like talking to my father."

"this will become the size of blood cells and we will be able to put intelligence inside of our bodies and brains to keep ourselves healthier."

"Creating an avatar of this sort is one way of embodying that information in a way that human beings can interact with. It is inherently human to transcend limitations."

"The twentieth century was like twenty years' worth of change at today's rate of change."

"A primary reason that evolution—of life-forms or technology—speeds up is that it builds on its own increasing order."

"Consciousness becomes a matter of philosophical debate; it's not scientifically reliable."

"Ultimately this virtual reality will go inside the brain and then really will be fully merging with all of the senses. Virtual reality ultimately will have all of the features of real reality plus a l…"