Comments on: Internet vs Humans: Strength in Numbers http://www.border7.com/blog/02/23/internet-vs-humans-strength-in-numbers/ A blog about the internet, business, and other geeky things. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:44:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matthew Arevalo http://www.border7.com/blog/02/23/internet-vs-humans-strength-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Matthew Arevalo Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:32:19 +0000 http://www.border7.com/blog/?p=637#comment-569 You guys may find this interesting: How Technology's Accelerating Power Will Transform us: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html You guys may find this interesting:

How Technology’s Accelerating Power Will Transform us:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html

]]> By: Matt Jones http://www.border7.com/blog/02/23/internet-vs-humans-strength-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Matt Jones Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:06:46 +0000 http://www.border7.com/blog/?p=637#comment-566 Matthew Arevalo: Thumbs up for the singularity. As long as they don't do an "import skynet": http://xkcd.com/521/ Matthew Arevalo:

Thumbs up for the singularity. As long as they don’t do an “import skynet”:

http://xkcd.com/521/

]]> By: Matt Jones http://www.border7.com/blog/02/23/internet-vs-humans-strength-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Matt Jones Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:57:48 +0000 http://www.border7.com/blog/?p=637#comment-565 My guess is that you will be able to have wikipedia in your brain much sooner. Right now you can buy a 64 Gig SSD for $164 from newegg (Note that this SSD is much faster than a hard drive for random access): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220342 Two years ago that would have been unheard of. And two years from now you will be able to buy a 256Gig one for that price. And a 1024Gig one for that price in 5 years. Also: If you graph out the rate that computer speed grows, your average $1,000 machine will be as smart as a human by 2024. Here is a nice graph to demonstrate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PPTExponentialGrowthof_Computing.jpg It is from this wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Accelerating_Returns Then I wonder how many machines will be using the Internet. My guess is that you will be able to have wikipedia in your brain much sooner. Right now you can buy a 64 Gig SSD for $164 from newegg (Note that this SSD is much faster than a hard drive for random access):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220342

Two years ago that would have been unheard of. And two years from now you will be able to buy a 256Gig one for that price. And a 1024Gig one for that price in 5 years.

Also: If you graph out the rate that computer speed grows, your average $1,000 machine will be as smart as a human by 2024. Here is a nice graph to demonstrate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PPTExponentialGrowthof_Computing.jpg

It is from this wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Accelerating_Returns

Then I wonder how many machines will be using the Internet.

]]> By: Matthew Arevalo http://www.border7.com/blog/02/23/internet-vs-humans-strength-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Matthew Arevalo Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:36:16 +0000 http://www.border7.com/blog/?p=637#comment-564 This is a good post. I'd be interested in your thoughts on the technological singularity. :) Speaking of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity This is a good post. I’d be interested in your thoughts on the technological singularity. :)

Speaking of Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

]]> By: Gloria http://www.border7.com/blog/02/23/internet-vs-humans-strength-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Gloria Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:48:26 +0000 http://www.border7.com/blog/?p=637#comment-563 That's really insane to think about. After all when we were still young computers were barely around, much less used on a regular basis. Now I can't imagine my life without a computer helping me with many of my everyday needs. It's insane to think that MORE people could use the internet.... it feels like everyone already does to some capacity.... That’s really insane to think about. After all when we were still young computers were barely around, much less used on a regular basis. Now I can’t imagine my life without a computer helping me with many of my everyday needs.

It’s insane to think that MORE people could use the internet…. it feels like everyone already does to some capacity….

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