When machines become smarter than humans

I just ran across this special report from IEEE Spectrum on "The Singularity." The singularity is essentially the moment in the development of technology when artificial intelligence becomes smarter than humans. Some fascinating stuff about the future of science, technology, and the human race. Check it out.

This gives me hope that my dream of uploading my consciousness onto the internet or into a clone will be someday achievable. (Kind of like the plotline of the Battlestar Gallactica prequal "Caprica.") But that's a blog post for another time.