Ray Kurtzweil

This man, Ray Kurtzweil is most defiantly a very intelligent man. His theories, many of which have been surprisingly accurate, are very interesting. From the research I have done, he defiantly is an optimist, seeing the future in a very positive light. He believes that there will not be a "showdown" between computers, artificial intelligence, and humans, as Hollywood has so readily taught us to believe. Instead, humans and AI will work together to improve the lives of humans, through advanced health care treatments and recreation of human bodies with Nano-robots. He even predicts that someday, we will all be able to live very long lives, to the point of being immortal.
 This I do have to disagree with, because, humans are not made to live forever. Life and death ha been the nominal cycle of things since human existence. To change this pattern as rapidly as he predicts would be hazardous to the mental health of many, and would not be an intelligent decision, due to earth's limited resources. Earth cannot support everyone living forever, if people wish to keep reproducing. While the benefits of future medical technology he predicts will be very useful in improving lives, living forever, in my opinion, is a little too optimistic.
 

Ignite Ia microprocessor.JPG, Wikimedia Commons, Mirko Raner

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/magazine/ray-kurzweil-says-were-going-to-live-forever.html?smid=pl-share