Futurist: Computer power will match the intelligence of...

Futurist: Computer power will match the intelligence of human beings by 2030

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Artificial intelligence portrayed in Hollywood movies like "The Terminator" and "Blade Runner" could be a reality in the next two decades.

A leading scientific "futurologist" has predicted that computer power will match the intelligence of human beings by 2030 because of the accelerating speed at which technology is advancing worldwide, 'The Independent' reported today. According to computer guru Dr Ray Kurzweil, there will be 32 times more technical progress during the next half century than there was in the entire 20th century, and one of the outcomes is that artificial intelligence could be on a par with human intellect in the next 20 years.

He said that machines will rapidly overtake humans in their intellectual abilities and will soon be able to solve some of the most intractable problems of the 21st century.

Computers have so far been based on two-dimensional chips made from silicon, but there are developments already well advanced to make three-dimensional chips with vastly improved performances, and even to construct them out of biological molecules.

Three-dimensional, molecular computing will provide the hardware for human-level 'strong artificial intelligence' by the 2020s. The more important software insights will be gained in part from the reverse engineering of the human brain, a process well under way.

"Already, two dozen regions of the human brain have been modelled and simulated," the British newspaper quoted Dr Kurzweil as saying.
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