Heading toward a singularity
Monday, May 02, 2011
11:21 AM
Charles Stross, Ray Kursweil, Verner Vinge: computing is moving us toward a "technological singularity", after which the nature of the world cannot be predicted. 
In their view, this singularity arises from artificial intelligence. 
But in my shorter-term view, there is another singularity: 
The socialization of knowledge. 
The demise of personal privacy. 
The rise of personal security. 
that is much nearer than that.  