It’s only a matter of time before computers are smarter than we are

We are living in exciting times.

Things are different today than theyve ever been in the history of the world, and theyre changing all of the time.

When I was in elementary school, to have a cellphone with a color screen was a big deal. Now, in college, its standard for phones to have Internet access and make you pancakes.

Most of us live more comfortably than the kings of old did. In fact, trends show that there has been a clear increase in lifespan and income in nearly all countries over the course of the last 200 years.

Think of the technology that we use every day. For the majority of human history, those things didnt exist.

The printing press didnt exist until 1448. It took about 400 years after that for the telegraph to be invented. The time between the telegraph being invented and the Internet appearing in the public, however, is only about 200 years.

For most of human history, we didnt even have farming.

I think that as our understanding of the world increases and as our level of technology increases, we are able to develop more and more quickly. Some futurist thinkers, such as Ray Kurzweil and Vernor Vinge, observe models of accelerating growth and predict a turning point: the Singularity.

What is the Singularity?

This is going to sound like science fiction, but trust me, its not. It will happen in our lifetimes, and wed better be ready for it.

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It’s only a matter of time before computers are smarter than we are