One of Ray Kurzweil’s central predictions is that we will create software that emulates the human mind by reverse engineering the human brain. I think that is a sensible prediction – at some point in the not too distant future we will have the hardware, and after that it is just a question of [...]
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This is one of my occasional health related posts. The next area of focus for me as I seek to slow the process of ageing is the brain. Physical fitness is a pre-condition for mental longevity, so I was right to start there, but the statistics (such as they are) on the physical decline [...] Back in August Marc Andreessen wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal explaining why Software is eating the world. His main observation was that the fastest growing companies in almost all industries are betting their future on software. He gave several examples of which the best two from a breadth of industry perspective [...] This is the sixth and final post in a series summarising the key arguments of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. The previous posts were: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity and the accelerating pace of progress, Kurzweil predicts personal computers with the power of the human brain by 2025, and Kurzwil [...] This is the fifth post in a series summarising the key arguments of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. The previous posts were: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity and the accelerating pace of progress, Kurzweil predicts personal computers with the power of the human brain by 2025, and Kurzwil predicts we [...] This is the fourth post in a series summarising the key arguments of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. The previous posts were: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity and the accelerating pace of progress, Kurzweil predicts personal computers with the power of the human brain by 2025, and Kurzwil predicts [...] This is the third post in a series summarising the key arguments of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. The previous posts were: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity and the accelerating pace of progress and Kurzweil predicts personal computers with the power of the human brain by 2025. ————————–————— Computer [...] This is the second post in a series summarising the key arguments of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. The first post entitled Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity and the accelerating pace of progress can be found here. ————————– The second idea I’m going to pick out from The Singularity [...] Over the last 6-9 months American invetor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has had a profound influence on how I see the future and how I run my life today. His theories on the evolution of technology and its impact on society, and the impact technology can have on our health and longevity today have [...] |
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