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Mackin USA

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GOOGLE > Ray Kurzweil: Humans will be hybrids by 2030
« on: June 04, 2015, 12:52:14 PM »
That means our brains will be able to connect directly to the cloud, where there will be thousands of computers, and those computers will augment our existing intelligence. He said the brain will connect via nanobots -- tiny robots made from DNA strands.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/03/technology/ray-kurzweil-predictions/?utm_content=buffer5419e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

There is just something EVIL about this...
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Re: GOOGLE > Ray Kurzweil: Humans will be hybrids by 2030
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2015, 03:30:34 PM »
I always say that if people want to know what the endpoints of this are, I think the best two books I've read on the subject are sci-fi

Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End - written in 2006 and set in 2025 (so in 2006 Vinge saw a slightly accelerated timeline compared to what Kurzweil suggests now).

Peter Hamiliton, Judas Unchained. Amazing operatic sci-fi that anticipates the entire world that Kurzweil wants - cellular rejuvenation, integrated tech.

Vinge and Hamilton are prescient and worth reading if you want to think about the future.
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Re: GOOGLE > Ray Kurzweil: Humans will be hybrids by 2030
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2015, 04:00:49 PM »
I'm sure this is coming.  Its going to create a huge divide between the first and third world, and between the early adapters and Luddites.    This may be the only way we'll be able to keep up with AI.  I'll most likely be one of the Luddites by then.  The possibilities are fantastic, but the potential for abuse and mind control are very real.
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Re: GOOGLE > Ray Kurzweil: Humans will be hybrids by 2030
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2015, 06:35:52 PM »
LM - interesting choice of words.

Planet Money podcast is doing a series on topics around this general issue (robots, automation, not exactly what we're talking about here, but they might get to it).

I just heard the first one the other day that basically say that when they talked to historians, it turns out the Luddites were right. Not only that, there were actual deaths when the Luddite army clashed with factory security forces and, ultimately, British soldiers. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/06/404701816/episode-621-when-luddites-attack
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Re: GOOGLE > Ray Kurzweil: Humans will be hybrids by 2030
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2015, 08:40:17 PM »
>Luddite

I sort of feel like history is going to repeat itself on that one. 
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