Ray Kurzweil builds an AI replica meant to speak for him after death

Ray Kurzweil, a 78-year-old futurist, is creating an artificial intelligence clone of himself that can talk, think, and learn from interactions, but he plans to keep it conversing with people even after he dies, reports The Information on Tuesday. The clone, named RAI, is a collaboration between Kurzweil Technologies, the company owned by him, and...