Penguin Speakers Bureau

Speaking Topics — Ray Kurzweil

On the Future

• Early in the twenty-first century, intelligence will underlie everything of value
• The singularity is near: when humans transcend biology
• The acceleration of technology in the twenty-first century: the impact on business, the economy, and society
• The accelerating impact of exponentially expanding complex systems
• The emergence and impact of intelligent machines
• An exponentially expanding future from exponentially shrinking technology
• The web within us: when minds and machines become one
• Why we can be confident of turing test capable AI within a quarter century
• The law of accelerating returns and the twenty-first century

On Health/Longevity

• Reprogramming biology: the new paradigm
• A bridge to a bridge to a bridge…to immortality
• How to live long enough to live forever
• The coming merger of human and machine: the radical expansion of human longevity and intelligence
• Reverse engineering the human body and brain: the impact on human health and society
• Biotechnology and nanotechnology: two overlapping health revolutions
• The impact of twenty-first century technology on human health and society

On Innovation & Entrepreneurship

• The democratization of innovation in an era of accelerating technologies
• How to manage innovation in an era of accelerating technologies
• Identifying an opportunity in technology
• Innovation in an era of accelerating technologies
• Innovation in the twenty-first century
• The power of an idea

On The Social Impact of Technology

• Towards singularity: its nature, promise, and dangers
• How far will technology transform humanity?
• Promise and peril: the deeply intertwined poles of twenty-first century technology
• Computers and consciousness
• Virtual reality and the nature of identity
• Are we spiritual machines?

On Economic Impact

• The future of information technology as it asymptotes to 100% of the value of products and services
• Exponentially growing ventures from exponentially shrinking technology
• The acceleration of technology in the twenty-first century: the impact on business, the economy, and society
• The forces of deflation: why we don’t need high interest rates to counter inflation, a confluence of exponential trends
• Twenty-first century technology and the capital markets

On Education

• The acceleration of technology in the twenty-first century: the impact on education, training, and performance
• The acceleration of technology in the twenty-first century: The impact on higher education and society

On Disabilities and Assistive Technologies

• The end of handicaps
• Disabilities and technology in the twenty-first century
• The future of blindness and disabilities in an age of accelerating technology
• Disabilities and blindness technology in the twenty-first century
• Technology, neuroscience, and the future of cognitive disabilities
• The future of special education in an era of accelerating technology