
By Peter Cochrane
Published: Thursday 16 December 2004
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You wrote:
'Faster and more powerful machines begat even faster and more powerful machines that not only decoded the human genome but also cracked the mystery of protein patterns.'
and
'The non-linear and chaotic system we constructed by 2010 was beyond our understanding and we had to get the machines to stabilise almost everything.'
With the machines getting faster and faster, why would they stop at human-level intelligence? You imply that they will be beyond our understanding, but the implications of this are truly tremendous.
I doubt that a super-intelligence would have the same interests and objectives as the human race.
I wish I had the forethought and 'balls' to enter ...
Darrall Pullen
A interesting and thought-provoking read, well wri...
MikeW
Future Storage Technology like Rewritable Holograp...
Anonymous
You wrote:
'Faster and more powerful machines b...
Anonymous
I agree, nice article.
I think it a techie's we...
Alistair Thomas
Nice vision, and the technology will be there, not...
Rob Garner
No! No! No! Cochrane. You're way off...way off! (t...
Osman Khareef
You forgot the bits about:
-China becoming a supe...
Anonymous
Thank god someone can be bothered to speak out aga...
Anonymous
You forgot to mention the rise and rise of religio...
Anonymous
Our unsustainable way of life will not be sustaine...
Graham Brown
Damnit, where's my flying car?
You missed off t...
Paul
Everyone will be working for the government
You...
Tony Blair
I'm sure you're partially right about some of this...
Jojo
So many factors could have huge implications, glob...
Ticks
I'm somewhat intrigued at the focus on technologic...
Charles E. Finney
Why do you think a voice interface would be a good...
Anonymous
Not sure I agree - The only technology I think is ...
Oli Rhys
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