Law of Accelerating Returns — When Computation May Outpace Humanity
The technological march continues. Computation has emerged and now the Law of Accelerating Returns predicts that computational technology will progress at an exponential rate. It predicts the exponent of this growth will be vastly higher for the technology than for the species that created it. So, at some point, computational technology will overtake the species that developed it. Perhaps it has already happened. The next logical step is a merging of technology with the species that invented it. Currently, a lot of intelligent machine design is based on the human model. Moral and ethical concerns may prolong this process and improve the outcome, yet it is likely that full integration with technology will occur. The Law of Accelerating Returns predicts it. - Rico Roho