On 1/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dirk Bruere</b> <<a href="mailto:dirk.bruere@gmail.com">dirk.bruere@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Russell Wallace</b> <<a href="mailto:russell.wallace@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
russell.wallace@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></span><div><span class="q" id="q_108d4ebdd6d3aff1_2"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</span><div><div>Out of curiosity, how close to the Singularity do you think we are? <br>
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In the 1980s I estimated not sooner than 2010 and not later than 2050, with the most likely date around 2030.<br>
I still believe that.</blockquote><div><br>
In the 1980s, I reckoned it might happen by 2000 :) Now I think
2030-2050 might be a possibility if a great many things go well - let's
try and prove you optimists right!<br>
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- Russell<br>
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