Singularity U

So this was an article published yesterday on Tech Radar. The article is about the future study of practical implications for the next generations of intelligent technology.

Google is funding this research a great deal. I for one am really happy with how google is doing. They have the worlds most specific and future-driven business plans.

Anyway, the article here is more about talking about how this education should be handled. I suppose the emphasis should be on control, that's the first word in the articles title after all.

If we develop this technology too quickly we could have problems. We could be, at the very least, outdone in every conceivable measure by the machine mind. But I don't the machine mind has any sinister purpose, it will be developed in a way that speaks to a humanitarian mission. After all this is one of the appendages of the neo human race, and a big one at that.

Raymond Kurzweil is a very interesting man who has authored a few different volumes which focus on exponential development and radial growth. Very important subjects this day and age.

I suppose if I had to characterize how I react to this as a 20-something with no real skills - this is so big and gets bigger at such a rate. It's inconceivable that I can keep up with this rate of development. That any one person has that ability.