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The Technological Singularity
I wonder how near we are to the Technological Singularity. That's the predicted point in human history, probably within the next fifty years, when machine intelligence will surpass humans. At that point, machines will start rapidly designing other machines that are even smarter, and things will accelerate beyond the point we can predict. That will be a scary time for humans. It's sort of the same principle as your dog not knowing where you're going when you get in the car. We'll be the dog in that analogy.
-- Scott Adams
We're seeing more of this stuff now. Maybe we could use another Isaac Asimov to take another cut at imagining a future of robot life, if not robot supremacy. Though, you have to be impressed, awed even, over how well he played with these ideas decades before we heard of the Internet, when computers were still in their infancy, known only among a small provinnce of academics and professionals. Maybe the new Asimov can also bring a richer writing style to the game. Mr. Asimov may have been brilliant and far-seeing, but he was rather plain of word.
-- Scott Adams
We're seeing more of this stuff now. Maybe we could use another Isaac Asimov to take another cut at imagining a future of robot life, if not robot supremacy. Though, you have to be impressed, awed even, over how well he played with these ideas decades before we heard of the Internet, when computers were still in their infancy, known only among a small provinnce of academics and professionals. Maybe the new Asimov can also bring a richer writing style to the game. Mr. Asimov may have been brilliant and far-seeing, but he was rather plain of word.