smh.com.au — We are making exponential progress in every type of information technology. Moreover, virtually all technologies are becoming information technologies. We can reliably predict that in the not too distant future we will reach what is known as "The Singularity".
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fanttOct 25, 2005
I like how the guy in the "Entering a dark age of innovation" article says that scientific and technological progress has halted. Kind of like how at the DARPA robot contest last year none of the robots made it through the course, and yet this year a good number of them did. Or kind of like how LED light bulbs will soon replace all others reducing energy consumption in the US by 30%.DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
pyrolyteOct 25, 2005
Hardware is no issue. Software is. The skill of the current generation of programmer is so bad that I am surprised we haven't killed ourselves off yet. Humans cannot write software of high enough quality to ever achieve singularity. We will need software that can write itself (genetic code generation) before we will even get close to singularity.
reddog_x2000Oct 25, 2005
I doubt human beings can, or will want to, adjust to change as fast as the author suggests. The would be practically no consistency to life at all.
ima_selloutOct 25, 2005
My new brain runs on Windows Vista Cyborg edition... It gave me a BSOD.Wicked post Mr. Pacino
skippy2057Oct 25, 2005
So whatever happened to all the flying cars we should have had by now - and please don't bring up that dopey "Moller Skycar" thing. This stuff is great as a mind-stretching excercise, trying to see around the next corner, but with humanity acting the way we usually do, I don't hold out much hope for this particular brave new world. Sorry kids, I've become skeptical in my middle age.
capn_cavemanOct 26, 2005
Someone should make a movie about how computers get all powerful in the future as this guy is describing. Maybe the computers go so far as to enslave the human race. That would be interesting. :)
iamme99Oct 26, 2005
Singularity or end of humanity? Here's an old story from Wired:<a class="user" href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.03/blonder.if.html">http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.03/blonder.if.html</a>