Editing Ray Kurzweil (section)

===Futurism and transhumanism===

Kurzweil's standing as a [[Futures studies|futurist]] and [[Transhumanism|transhumanist]] has led to his involvement in several singularity-themed organizations. In 2004, he joined the advisory board of the [[Machine Intelligence Research Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.singinst.org/aboutus/board |title=Board – Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence |work=Singularity University |access-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421072724/http://singinst.org/aboutus/board |archive-date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005, he joined the scientific advisory board of the [[Lifeboat Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lifeboat.com/ex/boards#robotics |title=Lifeboat Foundation Advisory Boards |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> On May 13, 2006, Kurzweil was the first speaker at the [[Singularity Summit]] at [[Stanford University]] in [[Palo Alto, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/12/BUG9IIMG1V197.DTL&type=printable |title=Printable version: Smarter than thou? / Stanford conference ponders a brave new world with machines more powerful than their creators |date=May 12, 2006 |work=SFGate |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, he was the keynote speaker at the Research, Innovation, Start-up and Employment (RISE) international conference in [[Seoul]]. In 2009, Kurzweil, Google, and the [[NASA Ames Research Center]] announced the creation of the [[Singularity University]] training center for corporate executives and government officials. The university's self-described mission is to "assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity's grand challenges". Using [[Vernor Vinge]]'s Singularity concept as a foundation, the university offered its first nine-week graduate program to 40 students in 2009.

Kurzweil views the human body as a system of thousands of "programs" and believes that understanding all their functions could be the key to building truly [[sentient AI]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Sentient AI? Convincing you it's human is just part of LaMDA's job |url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/sentient-ai-convincing-you-it-s-human-just-part-lamda-s-job |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Healthcare IT News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kurzweil |first=Ray |date=February 16, 2003 |title=Human Body Version 2.0 |url=https://www.kurzweilai.net/human-body-version-20 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Kurzweilai.et |language=en-US}}</ref>