From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 04:34:58 MDT
>While the multiplication may be mind-boggling, he sees progress within 50
>years toward a computer that costs $1,000 with the power of 10 billion human
>brains.
>
>For Kurzweil, this is all merely a matter of time - 2030 he forecasts.
It's not multiplication, it's addition, but it's certainly mind-boggling.
Or maybe it's Moore's Law in action: 50 years in one sentence equals 29 in
the next.
Damien Broderick
[I'd rather be at Extro5]
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