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		<title>Ray Kurzweil &amp; The Singularity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has got to be one of the most mind-blowing theories/predictions I've ever come across. I find myself almost completely agreeing with Mr. Ray Kurzweil's logic. Before I continue with this article, let me warn you. This is about the rise of "machine consciousness" and the eventual machine race. Now hold on a minute. I know what you're thinking, "WTF is he talking about?!" In blatant vernacular, I can put it as The Matrix, Terminator, &#038; I, Robot all in one coming to fruition in our lifetime and its called The Singularity. Check it out.

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<strong><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xsjrw">Ray Kurzweil at TED (2005)</a></strong><br />
<em>by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Sidewinder77">Sidewinder77</a></em></div>
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Basic synopsis: The Singularity is when machine intelligence surpasses human intelligence. In practical terms that means by 2045, $1000 will buy you a computer a billion times more intelligent than every human on Earth combined. In philosophical talk, Irving John Good put it best when he said this in 1965:

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