Singularity is a very bad idea and Kurzweil is considered a nutcase
among scientists. But if the uber rich think they can make money on it
they'll sponsor development even if it destroys mankind. The uber rich
are meddlesome.
On 02/23/2015 02:27 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
By singularity, I meant the time when machines will be smarter than humans. At
least, that's what Kurzweil is predicting. In a sense, this goal could
actually keep many computer scientists employed for a very long time. IMO,
these efforts are more likely going to create machines that are effi
"The widely accepted age of the universe, as estimated by general relativity,
is 13.8 billion years. In the beginning, everything in existence is thought to
have occupied a single infinitely dense point, or singularity. Only after this
point began to expand in a "Big Bang" did the universe off
