[MD] FYI - Ray Kurzweil

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

I believe I've heard of Ray Kurzweil on the MD, so I thought I'd 
mention this 3-hour interview.  If you don't get C-SPAN2, they off 
live stream at http://www.c-span.org/ (bottom of page).

C-SPAN2 (BookTV)
On Sunday, November 5 at 12:00 pm
In Depth: Ray Kurzweil

Description: Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil will be our 
guest for In Depth on November 5th (LIVE Noon-3pm ET). Mr. Kurzweil 
is the author of several books on the subject of artificial 
intelligence, including "The Age of Intelligent Machines," "The Age 
of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence," and 
his latest, "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology." 
His companies have made major breakthroughs in print, sound and 
speech recognition technologies. As a result of his work, he was 
awarded the 1999 National Medal of Technology by President Clinton. 
You can join in this three-hour discussion with Mr. Kurzweil about 
his life and work by calling in during the program or by e-mailing 
your questions to booktv at c-span.org.