# Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next

- Institution: TED
- Department: The TED Interview
- Speaker: The TED Interview
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/the_ted_interview_ray_kurzweil_on_what_the_future_holds_next)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Join head of TED Chris Anderson for a very special conversation with legendary inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, recorded live onstage at TED2018. Listen in to hear what the man who makes a living from predicting the future arc of technology thinks is coming our way next -- including a specific prediction of when he thinks technology will finally gain human levels of language understanding. (Audio only)

## Lectures

1. [Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/the_ted_interview_ray_kurzweil_on_what_the_future_holds_next/eea958b70bf1), 39 min (TED's player)