Launching A Breakthrough Idea Is

Within A Few Decades, Machine Intelligence Will Surpass Human Intelligence, Leading To The Singularity -- Technological Change So Rapid And Profound It Represents A Rupture In The Fabric Of Human History. The Implications Include The Merger Of Biological And Nonbiological Intelligence, Immortal Software-based Humans, And Ultra-high Levels Of Intelligence That Expand Outward In The Universe At The Speed Of Light.

Sometimes People Talk About Conflict Between Humans And Machines, And You Can See That In A Lot Of Science Fiction. But The Machines Were Creating Are Not Some Invasion From Mars. We Create These Tools To Expand Our Own Reach.

People Talk Philosophically, oh, I Don't Want To Live Past 100.' You Know, I'd Like To Hear Them Say That When They're 99.

Intuition Is Linear; Our Imaginations Are Weak. Even The Brightest Of Us Only Extrapolate From What We Know Now; For The Most Part, We're Afraid To Really Stretch.

Take Death For Example. A Great Deal Of Our Effort Goes Into Avoiding It. We Make Extraordinary Efforts To Delay It, And Often Consider Its Intrusion A Tragic Event. Yet We'd Find It Hard To Live Without It. Death Gives Meaning To Our Lives. It Gives Importance And Value To Time. Time Would Become Meaningless If There Were Too Much Of It.