We have seen the exponential growth of cyber-technology in the 21st Century. We gasp in disbelief at the latest miracles that flow regularly from the shrines of silicone valley.
It should, however, not surprise us since all is in fulfillment of scripture.
One prophecy given at the close of the Book of Daniel reads thus:
"In the last days knowledge shall be increased and many shall run to and fro."
Surely this is a simple but perfect description of the days in which we are currently living with our super computers and jet travel.
Our photo today is taken from Time Magazine and a lead article called "Singularity". The piece is a summary of the work of Raymond Kurzweil. Kurzweil has spent the last forty years of his life developing interfaces between men and computers. Now he confidently predicts that within thirty years artificial intelligence will not only have outstripped the human brain in terms of speed of thought but also in creative design.
Days when machines will be giving orders to the men who made them.
Days when machines will be giving orders to the men who made them.
Preposterous you say.
About seventy years ago I learned to count on an Abacus, and in fifteen years time NASA plans to send a man to Mars.
No longer is anything preposterous!
Ian
About seventy years ago I learned to count on an Abacus, and in fifteen years time NASA plans to send a man to Mars.
No longer is anything preposterous!
Ian
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