Ray Kurzweil (pt1of3) The Singularity Summit at Stanford

jcarmack17 Says:

Aug 15, 2011 - @shawngendreau that's hilarious because i wrote that exact comment on a different kurzweil video.

jcarmack17 Says:

Aug 15, 2011 - that old lady in the back is creepy looking

BadMannerKorea Says:

Aug 15, 2011 - Why's that guy on his laptop? Okay, you're probably smart, you're educated and you're probably accomplished, but you're that much of an ignoramus to smash your face in your computer while someone's giving a speech? Welcome to speech 101, you have failed.

djkennyaz Says:

Aug 16, 2011 - @BadMannerKorea did you ever think he could be taking notes???

TheGeorgevt Says:

Aug 25, 2011 - @SlayerGod999 What are you basing these predictions on? How can there be infinite technological progress if the size of transistors will have maxed out around then?

SlayerGod999 Says:

Aug 25, 2011 - @TheGeorgevt well everyone has their opinions, for me i believe in infinite progress, becuase of the fact that if you look at curve of exponential growth it reaches infinity, and progress follows an exponential law, i know this may not make any sense, but remember these machines will be far beyond our feeble human comprehension and limited intelligence, they could cause some unseen event in which this happens, hopes this makes sense

TheGeorgevt Says:

Aug 26, 2011 - @SlayerGod999 I agree with you in that the computers will have much different architecture and quantum computers will allow for vast advancements, however, I still believe ultimately that transistor based computers have a minimum transistor size that will be unable to be continued infinitely. What you said did make sense you just have to realize that to predict even 10 years into the future is excessively arrogant, especially considering that you haven't given any reasoning or data to support.

TheGeorgevt Says:

Aug 26, 2011 - @SlayerGod999 The people of 1000, 1600, 1800, or even 1900, could have had no idea what was going to happen in 400 years, what makes you think that your predictions will be anything other than wishful thinking and pseudoscience?

TheGeorgevt Says:

Aug 26, 2011 - @SlayerGod999 Also in regards to exponential growth, numbers are just numbers they can grow to infinite, however, our ability to create smaller and smaller chips has a limit that will be near or at the time that we hit the molecular size for transistors, and moore's law will break down once we get nearer and nearer to that limit due to quantum effects and the fact that these chips will be incredibly fragile without new architecture to keep out a tiny dust particle that will cause chaos otherwise

SlayerGod999 Says:

Aug 26, 2011 - @TheGeorgevt well thats your opinion, i still believe and kinda see what can and will happen, thx for the intellectual interaction

billtyreerules Says:

Sep 1, 2011 - What is his book that he makes references to called?

rmk1960 Says:

Sep 1, 2011 - @billtyreerules The Singularity Is Near

manwithouthat44 Says:

Sep 30, 2011 - hes like woody allens twin brother. or is that racist

manwithouthat44 Says:

Sep 30, 2011 - @SlayerGod999 what will be controlled if everything´s perfect Really, if computers do everything for us. wheres the fun.

SlayerGod999 Says:

Sep 30, 2011 - @manwithouthat44 we will have so much power over everything, that we will experience positive emotions, that far transcend, the ones this race is familiar of, perhaps permanently happy and can do anything are imaginations come up with, with no limit

ikilledAeris Says:

Nov 9, 2011 - @ActionCarl All hail Technology.

hubbabubbarubbalubba Says:

Nov 19, 2011 - @cacaolover1 Ahh, very wise.

CalumnMcAulay Says:

Nov 20, 2011 - @manwithouthat44 the fun will be in full immersion virtual reality - any situation you want and the ability to tweak and augment your emotional and sensory experience - this is at least what I hope for!

13garo31 Says:

Nov 22, 2011 - @cacaolover1 in other words don't feed the troll?

egodust11 Says:

Dec 26, 2011 - @shawngendreau & @jcarmack17 i always thought this very thing -- psych101, eh? -- but never took the time to write it. i also always felt that "common sense" should be rephrased "uncommon sense."

TheSpongion Says:

Jan 12, 2012 - um?

hiwhatsuphowru Says:

Jan 30, 2012 - its really deevolution..dont let the guy fool ya

kataklysmozarella Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - Well, there's a good chance that the singularity simply leads toan existence of INFINITE boredom ande desperation.To put it into the words of W. B. Yeats:"Hell is the place of those who have denied (being human, i may add);They find there what they planted and what dug,A Lake of Spaces, and a Wood of Nothing,And wander there and drift, and never ceaseWailing for substance."

kataklysmozarella Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - As most people know, there is a long history of eschatological salvation-expectations (Naherwartungen) - many of them resulting in gruesome desasters.I think that the enthusiastic notions about the ''technological singularity'' are the latest example of this dangerous phenomenon.