RE: NEWS: Reuters story on AI (Kurzweil and Vita-More)

From: Amara D. Angelica (amara@kurzweilai.net)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 11:26:46 MDT


Ray states that he was misquoted in this article. The last sentence should
read "2050."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:35 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.org; transhuman@logrus.org
> Subject: Re: NEWS: Reuters story on AI (Kurzweil and Vita-More)
>
>
> >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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