Singularity Update

An interview with Ray Kurzweil, the "father" of the singularity:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227076.200

My favorite point, referring to the Law of Accelerating Returns:

"When the human genome project was announced in 1990, sceptics said: "No way you're going to do this in 15 years." Halfway through the project the sceptics were still going strong, saying you've only finished 1 per cent of the project. But that's actually right on schedule: by the time you get to 1 per cent you're only seven doublings away."