[monkeyshine]

Singularity here we come! :-)

[myheroesareDeadandRegistered]

...and it decided our fate in a micro-second.

:)

[ckilmer]

Interestinly Elon Musk has formed a venture to stop the singularity.

Elon Musk and partners form nonprofit to stop AI from ruining the world

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/11/9910742/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-y-combinator-machine-learning
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Having said that, I think that quantum computers will make possible interstellar travel in a shorter time period than people currently imagine. that is, not a century or two off but rather decades off beginning with major breakthroughs in the time of the singularity. or about 2040