The Future Of Technology

[Tars]

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The smartest (or the nuttiest) futurist on Earth

Ray Kurzweil is a legendary inventor with a history of mind-blowing ideas. Now he's onto something even bigger. If he's right, the future will be a lot weirder and brighter than you think:


Some predictions:

By 2027, he predicts, computers will surpass humans in intelligence; by 2045 or so, we will reach the Singularity, a moment when technology is advancing so rapidly that "strictly biological" humans will be unable to comprehend it.

In a couple of decades we'll have cell-sized, brain-enhancing robots circulating through our bloodstream

we'll be able to upload a person's consciousness into a computer

Full Fortune article posted on CNN.com:

https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fort...ion=2007050209

[Sara S]

Talkin' To The Steering Wheel

When everyday tech is nearly identical to magic, why don't our little bodies explode?

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist
Friday, May 11, 2007

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