talk showfrom | the TED Interview podcastby | TED2018What the future holds next.

feat. Ray Kurzweil
January 1, 2025


label ::

group: TED
talk show: the TED Interview podcast
episode: What the future holds next.
season: 1
episode: 8
date: December 2018

host: Chris Anderson
guest: Ray Kurzweil

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group: TED
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banner: Ideas worth spreading.

library: the TED Audio Collective
web: home ~ channel
banner: A collection of podcasts for the curious.

talk show: the TED Interview podcast
web: home ~ channel
banner: Your front-row seat to great conversations.

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profiles ::

host: Chris Anderson
bio: The producer + curator of TED.
visit :: TED profile


guest: Ray Kurzweil
bio: A best-selling author, pioneering inventor, and futurist.
visit :: TED profile


about ::

Welcome to the TED Interview podcast. Celebrated host Chris Anderson — producer + curator of TED’s events and content library — speaks to the world’s most interesting people for provocative and powerful dialogue.

Curious audiences can dive into compelling stories. Weekly episodes feature conversations with guests about their thoughts.


interview ::

A conversation with legendary inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil — his life-long career has been to accurately plan for + predict the future arc of tech.

What does he think is coming our way next? When does he think tech will finally gain human levels of language understanding?


our guest :: Ray Kurzweil

Futurist and best-selling author Ray Kurzweil is an inventor who radically advanced the fields of digital speech, text, and audio tech. He’s respected for his dizzying — but convincing — writing on the advance of tech, the limits of biology, and the future of humanity.

our host :: Chris Anderson

After a career in publishing, host Chris Anderson became the producer + curator of TED conferences — a public events + media organization. He’s developed the brand as a platform for discovering + showcasing: people, places, and projects worth spreading.

 



 

letter ::

Dear listeners,

Our interview series — the TED Interview podcast — features remarkable guests. Today’s most fascinating minds. They explain, amplify, illuminate, and defend their thinking.

If you’re enthusiastic about ideas, these dialogues are a treat. We give you a front-row seat to fascinating + challenging people.

Chris Anderson


image :: below

TED’s portrait drawing of Ray Kurzweil.

credit: TED




notes


AI = artificial intelligence
TED = Technology + Entertainment + Design