• by irq on 6/29/2024, 6:49:18 PM

    Some choice quotes:

    > 2029, both for human-level intelligence and for artificial general intelligence (AGI)

    > The Singularity, which is a metaphor borrowed from physics, will occur when we merge our brain with the cloud

    > Making it possible will be brain-computer interfaces which ultimately will be nanobots – robots the size of molecules – that will go noninvasively into our brains through the capillaries.

    > In the early 2030s we can expect to reach longevity escape velocity where every year of life we lose through ageing we get back from scientific progress.

  • by nabla9 on 6/29/2024, 7:02:55 PM

    Ray Kurzweil wants to live forever and all his predictions rationalize the timeline so that he has a change to reach the rapture.

    He is now 76 and hopes to live 2030.

  • by chrisjj on 6/29/2024, 7:57:56 PM

    Top choice quote:

    > The computing that we have today is basically perfect

    Er.... :)