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luvingthemusic (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
WOW! AMAZING!!!!!thts all i can say...
creeh5 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i believe that the whole computer thing at the end of this means, right now computers can solve any math problem such as 444*55, but what it can't do is a story problem. i belive taht in 2049 or whatever year it is, computers will be able to solve story problems like that
AstraISymphony (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah, Moore's Law. I don't think they're saying computers will be sentient, but that computers will be able to do calculations that no human could, but on the other hand, I thought computers can already do that. I don't know. But futurists like Ray Kurzweil believe that in 2050, the technological singularity will occur, where we make computers slightly more intelligent than us that in turn create increasingly advanced computers. This will probably not occur unless Moore's Law holds until then.
AstraISymphony (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Whoops, I meant Moore's Law. Evolution is continual improvement. We keep making the components more and more advanced. Sure, we had microchips in the 70s, but now they have over a billion transistors when before they had thousands. Processors also have more and more cores, and continually increasing speeds. But Moore's Law is probably going to collapse very soon. I see what you mean about evolution though. Eventually, quantum/DNA computers will replace classical computers, marking a true change.
derpestarzt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yeh, I've heard the next Iphone is gonna have not 2 or 3 but 5 cameras and that you will be able to take a picture of your asshole and your face simultaneously and then it will get automatically posted into your myspace and then some jap will make another of those really advanced robbots that can "smile" like a human...wake me up when someone invents nano robbots able to remove a tumor, that would be advancing in technology.
derpestarzt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
murphy's law? you mean like whenever you drop toast it always falls on the side spreaded with jam?...computers havent really "evolved" that much, appart from the fact that components are cheaper and smaller, everthing else is basically the same shit as 20 years ago.
rjkav (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
conspiracy theories
blueaura78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think you mean Moore's law.I'm not sure how one defines the processing power of the human mind. It wouldn't surprise me for a computer to beat that, but will it have the INTELLIGENCE? AI is around but I don't think it's growing at the same speed as processing power.
AstraISymphony (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I have 3TB in my desktop computer, not 200GB. The statement about computers exceeding the processing power of the human mind in 2013 probably refers to Murphy's Law, which says that computational power increases every 18 to 24 months. It has held true since the 60s, but will collapse very, very soon unless increasingly complex "cheats" can be developed. if Murphy's Law holds until 2050, the Singularity comes, where computers evolve billions of years in an instant and attain sentience.
AstraISymphony (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Please do. I'll be glad when all you anachronistic adults who can't adapt are dead. Then we will see what happens when there is no one left alive who wasn't raised to constantly adapt to new technologies, and no one to impede progress by complaining, "That's not how it was done back in the day." That's the point, and your generation has largely missed it. We don't WANT to live in a simpler place and time, a time of pretension, racism, and sexism. As much as Jerry Falwell thought we do, we don't. |
