Name: The accelerating power of technology
Uploaded: 2006-11-14T00:11:00Z
Duration: 22 min 42 s
Description: Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.

Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.

The accelerating power of technology

Technological progress is not linear but exponential, doubling in power and speed year after year. Just as it once took 50 years for the telephone to spread, the cell phone reached mass adoption in under a decade. Rapid advances in computing, biology, and nanotechnology are converging, making feats like sequencing DNA in 31 days and building microscopic medical robots possible. By the 2020s, machines could match and even merge with human intelligence, reshaping everything from health to energy.

Exponential Technology Will Soon Surpass Human Intelligence

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Ray Kurzweil: The accelerating power of technology