Essentially we will become one with these machines-a new and superior species that will thrive for millennia or, failing that, a joyless collective bent on galactic domination, like the Borg from Star Trek or the kids from High School Musical. These nanobots will “interface” with our brains, enhancing our mental power and bodily vigour. Kurzweil reasons that the only way to prevent robots from surpassing us in the smarts department will be to inject millions or even billions of nanobots-super-tiny robots the size of blood cells (think Dennis Quaid in Innerspace, but without the phoned-in performance)-into our bodies.
In other words, your microwave will still burn your popcorn-but it will burn your popcorn because it hates you. They’ll be “emotionally intelligent,” too. Kurzweil boldly predicts that machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029-although one wonders: is he talking Stephen Hawking-level intelligence or Stephen Baldwin-level intelligence? It’s a question worth asking.Ĭome the dawn of The Singularity, machines won’t just be as clever and creative as we are, Kurzweil says. One of the leading proponents of The Singularity is Ray Kurzweil, a renowned inventor and futurist. Upside: being a trillion times smarter increases the odds someone will finally figure out why Tyra Banks is famous. Downside: we will sacrifice our pure humanity on the altar of progress. Have you heard about The Singularity? Some futurists believe that within 20 years, the pace of technological change will become so rapid that, in a life-altering event known as The Singularity, our bodies and our brains will ultimately merge with machines-making the human race healthier, a trillion times smarter and better able to cook Kraft Dinner on its chest than ever before. A future filled with nanobots and Swiss Chalet
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