Did you need more than a number to pick up Kurzweil?

一个号码不是足够让你抓到科兹威尔了吗？

We surveilled Kurzweil for two weeks, got nothing.

我们监视了科兹威尔两个星期 一无所获。

Mr. Kurzweil's first reading machine was the size of a washing machine. It cost $50,000. The technology has continued to improve over the past 20 years.

Kurzweil 先生的第一台阅读机有洗衣机那么大。它花费了 50,000 美元。在过去的 20 年中，该技术不断改进。

The scientist and futurist, Ray Kurzweil, believes we are approaching what he calls " the singularity" — the point at which computers become smart enough to learn for themselves, after which they will rapidly become smarter and smarter.

科学家和未来学家雷·库兹韦尔认为，我们正在接近他所说的“奇点”——在这个点上，计算机变得足够聪明，能够自我学习，之后它们将迅速变得越来越聪明。

Mr. Kurzweil started working on what he called " reading machines" in the early 1970s. The idea came after speaking with a blind person who expressed frustration with the lack of technology to assist blind people.

Kurzweil 先生在 20 世纪 70 年代初开始研究他所谓的“阅读机”。这个想法是在与一位盲人交谈后产生的，他对缺乏帮助盲人的技术表示失望。