Mind over Matter: The Singularity is Near
Singularity 4 by *james119 on deviantART
No matter what your opinion is on the feasability of hard Artificial Intelligence and the emergence of concioius machines, you have to admit that it’s fascinating to wonder where the digital age will take us in the next 50 or 100 years. Luckily, you don’t have to think too hard, because a few big minds recently weighed in on how advanced AI may be in the year 2100.
Not only do I find Ray Kurzweil’s vision to be the most articulate, but also the most likely scenario. I do have reservations about a fully human-level (Turing-test capable) AI by 2029, but no one can deny that the next logical step in the evolution of the digital age will probably be the end of physical interfaces between humans and computers. We’re already on our way towards enhancing our memory and knowledge with internet services. Next will come the end of the limitations of current human-computer interfaces and the advent of augmented reality and networked objects. Then, the merger between biological and non-biological intelligence — the singularity!
The the Brain Computer Interface is one small step in that direction.
