[RightWingNilla]

I'm not familiar with the book

Ahh. You would probably get a kick out of it. He predicts that Moore's law will allow us to have computers which can perfectly model the human brain neuron by neuron within fifty years. Kurtzweil claims, people will be able to scan their brains and establish in-silico versions of themselves...essentially immortality! I was wondering what someone familiar with AI would have to say about all this.

Interestingly, he speculates, that sole reason for humans on the planet is to create machines faster/smarter etc.

Here is the amazon link.

[f.Christian]

color blind people don't see color ...

the dead know nothing !

[js1138]

He predicts that Moore's law will allow us to have computers which can perfectly model the human brain neuron by neuron within fifty years.

Interesting prediction considering we don't know everything about what neurons do. There are folks who argue that it is the interconnections rather than the neurons that are key. The interconnections change with learning, and we don't have a good model for this process.

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Kurtzweil claims, people will be able to scan their brains and establish in-silico versions of themselves...essentially immortality!

I want my copy a little less depressed, and a little more employed...