Editing Ray Kurzweil (section)

==Awards and honors==
* First place in the 1965 International Science Fair<ref name=ssp /> for inventing the classical music synthesizing computer
* The 1978 [[Grace Murray Hopper Award]] from the [[Association for Computing Machinery]]. The award is given annually to one "outstanding young computer professional" and is accompanied by a $35,000 prize.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.acm.org/hopper/ |title=ACM Awards: Grace Murray Hopper Award |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> Kurzweil won it for his invention of the Kurzweil Reading Machine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3622009&srt=all&aw=145&ao=GMHOPPER |title=ACM: Fellows Award / Raymond Kurzweil |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419233735/http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3622009&srt=all&aw=145&ao=GMHOPPER |archive-date=April 19, 2012 }}</ref>
* In 1986, Kurzweil was named Honorary chairman for Innovation of the White House Conference on Small Business by President Reagan.
* In 1987, Kurzweil received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweil-curriculum-vitae |title=Curriculum Vitae &#124; KurzweilAI |access-date=2014-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701122347/http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweil-curriculum-vitae |archive-date=2014-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 1988, Kurzweil was named Inventor of the Year by MIT and the Boston Museum of Science.<ref name="kurzweilai.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweil |title=Ray Kurzweil – KurzweilAI |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref>
* In 1990, Kurzweil was voted Engineer of the Year by the over one million readers of Design News Magazine and received their third annual Technology Achievement Award.<ref name="kurzweilai.net" /><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6451495.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080120134719/http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6451495.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 20, 2008| title = Engineer of the Year Hall of Fame, 6/12/2007}}</ref>
* The 1995 [[Dickson Prize|Dickson Prize in Science]]
* The 1998 "Inventor of the Year" award from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/corporation-0608.html |title=Corporation names new members |date=June 8, 2005 |work=MIT News |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref>
* The 1999 [[National Medal of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technology.gov/medal/Recipients.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061946/http://www.technology.gov/medal/Recipients.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28 |title=Technology Administration. THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY RECIPIENTS. 1985–2006 Recipients |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> This is the highest award the President of the United States can bestow upon individuals and groups for pioneering new technologies, and the President dispenses the award at his discretion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technology.gov/medal/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218140046/http://www.technology.gov/medal/ |archive-date=2007-12-18 |title=Technology Administration. THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF TECHNOLOGY. 2007 Events and Activities |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref> Bill Clinton presented Kurzweil with the National Medal of Technology during a White House ceremony in recognition of Kurzweil's development of computer-based technologies to help people with disabilities.
* In 2000, Kurzweil received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=  https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref> 
* The 2000 Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.techfestival.org/past-honorees/ |title=Telluride Tech Festival |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017185018/http://www.techfestival.org/past-honorees/ |archive-date=October 17, 2011 }}</ref> Two other individuals also received the same honor that year. The award is presented yearly to people who "exemplify the life, times and standard of contribution of [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]], [[George Westinghouse|Westinghouse]] and [[L. L. Nunn|Nunn]]."
* The 2001 [[Lemelson-MIT Prize]] for a lifetime of developing technologies to help people with disabilities and to enrich the arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-kurzweil.html |title=Winners' Circle: Raymond Kurzweil |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102115911/http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-kurzweil.html |archive-date=January 2, 2014 }}</ref> Only one is awarded each year – it is given to highly successful, mid-career inventors. A$500,000 award accompanies the prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-prize.html |title=Lemelson-MIT Prize |access-date=September 15, 2014 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220042540/http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-prize.html |archive-date=February 20, 2014 }}</ref>
* Kurzweil was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002 for inventing the Kurzweil Reading Machine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-09 |title=NIHF Inductee Raymond Kurzweil and Optical Character Recognition |url=https://www.invent.org/inductees/raymond-kurzweil |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=www.invent.org |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Arthur C. Clarke]] Lifetime Achievement Award on April 20, 2009, for lifetime achievement as an inventor and futurist in computer-based technologies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarkefoundation.org/news/042009.php |title=The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation |publisher=Clarkefoundation.org |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=2011-03-27 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405173824/http://www.clarkefoundation.org/news/042009.php |archive-date=2012-04-05 }}</ref>
* In 2011, Kurzweil was named a Senior Fellow of the [[Design Futures Council]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Design Futures Council Senior Fellows |url=http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106072349/http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-11-06 |publisher=Di.net }}</ref>
* In 2013, Kurzweil was honored as a Silicon Valley Visionary Award winner on June 26 by SVForum.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/06/27/hear-from-2013-visionary-award-winners.html?page=all |title=Visionary Awardees Kurzweil, Warrior, Blank, Diamandis: Hear what they had to say about their achievements}}</ref>
* In 2014, Kurzweil was honored with the American Visionary Art Museum's Grand Visionary Award on January 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avam.org/news-and-events/pdf/press-releases/2013/AVAM-2014%20Gala%20Honorees-12.11.13.pdf |title=Ray Kurzweil to be honored with AVAM's Grand Visionary Award at 2014 Gala Celebration |publisher=Azam.org |access-date=October 26, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100624/http://www.avam.org/news-and-events/pdf/press-releases/2013/AVAM-2014%20Gala%20Honorees-12.11.13.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://events.baltimore.cbslocal.com/baltimore_md/events/avams-2014-gala-celebration-honoring-ray-kurzw-/E0-001-066126729-0 |title=AVAM's 2014 Gala Celebration Honoring Ray Kurzweil at American Visionary Art Museum – CBS Baltimore's Latest Events Events – Baltimore Events « CBS Baltimore |work=Eventful |access-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026163949/http://events.baltimore.cbslocal.com/baltimore_md/events/avams-2014-gala-celebration-honoring-ray-kurzw-/E0-001-066126729-0 |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-tour-with-ray-adventure-in-art-and-dance-at-the-american-visionary-art-museum-award-gala-honoring-ray-kurzweil |title=A tour with Ray – Adventure in art and dance at the American Visionary Art Museum award gala honoring Ray Kurzweil – KurzweilAI |access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref>
*In 2014, Kurzweil was inducted as an Eminent Member of IEEE-[[Eta Kappa Nu]].
* Kurzweil has received 20 honorary doctorates in science, engineering, music and humane letters from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hofstra University and other leading colleges and universities, as well as honors from three U.S. presidents – Clinton, Reagan and Johnson.<ref name="KurzweilAIbio">{{cite web |url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweil-bio |title=Ray Kurzweil biography |publisher=KurzweilAINetwork |access-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205002828/http://www.kurzweilai.net/ray-kurzweil-bio |archive-date=February 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/raymond-kurzweil/146841 |title=Raymond Kurzweil |work=Forbes |access-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423192351/http://people.forbes.com/profile/raymond-kurzweil/146841 |archive-date=April 23, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Kurzweil has received seven national and international film awards including the [[CINE]] Golden Eagle Award and the gold medal for Science Education from the International Film and TV Festival of New York.<ref name="kurzweilai.net" />
* He gave a 2007 keynote speech to the Protestant United Church of Christ in Hartford, Connecticut, alongside Barack Obama, who was then a presidential candidate.<ref>{{cite book | last=Peragine | first=Michael | date=2013 <!-- 2013-03-13 --> | title=The universal mind: The evolution of machine intelligence and human psychology | publication-place=San Diego | publisher=Xiphias Press | language=en | asin=B00BQ47APM | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dvb0DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT111 | quote=He gave a 2007 keynote speech to the Protestant United Church of Christ in Hartford, Connecticut, alongside Barack Obama, who was then a Presidential candidate.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtvlucc.org/synod.htm|title=First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Waterville, Maine message|access-date=December 21, 2021|archive-date=May 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511153229/http://www.wtvlucc.org/synod.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* He was included in [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] AI list in 2024.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024 |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-ai-2024/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref>