“We are nearing what Ray Kurzweil calls ‘the singularity’. Our technological progress is increasing so rapidly that it will continue to evolve along an exponential curve. This means either doom for most life forms or a crossing over into a new realm of existence. Kurzweil sees Genetics (reprogramming our own biology), Robotics (greater-than-human abiotic intelligence), AI (self-learning machines), and Nanotechnology (manipulating matter at atomic scale) as the technological gateway to our fate.”
Does humanity have a future beyond Earth?
"Nuclear war. Runaway climate change. A global pandemic. Today our world faces all manner of existential threats. But scary possibilities like these are nothing compared to what astronomers say lies in store for Earth. Our planet’s ultimate destiny is to be baked,...
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