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The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
To return to the issue of subjectivity, consider: is the reinstantiated mind the same consciousness as the person we just scanned? But it is not easily resolved, or even readily understood. How do we distinguish a process that is conscious from one that just acts as if it is conscious?We can’t simply ask it. If it says “Hey I’m conscious,” does tha... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Each time one paradigm runs out of steam, another picks up the paceIt is important to note that Moore’s Law of Integrated Circuits was not the first, but the fifth paradigm to provide accelerating price-performance. Or is there something more profound going on?In my view, it is one manifestation (among many) of the exponential growth of the evoluti... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
The Law of Accelerating Returns Applied to the Growth of Computation
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
On Tubules and Quantum Computing
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
The Intuitive Linear View versus the Historical Exponential View
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
If we view the exponential growth of computation in its proper perspective as one example of the pervasiveness of the exponential growth of information based technology, that is, as one example of many of the law of accelerating returns, then we can confidently predict its continuation. In the accompanying sidebar, I include a simplified mathematic... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
But I regard the freeing of the human mind from its severe physical limitations of scope and duration as the necessary next step in evolution. In making this statement, it is important to emphasize that terms like evolution, destiny, and spiritual quest are observations about the end result, not the basis for these predictions. The primary force dr... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
The following provides a brief overview of the law of accelerating returns as it applies to the double exponential growth of computation. For example, with more powerful computers and related technology, we have the tools and the knowledge to design yet more powerful computers, and to do so more quickly. Independent innovations multiply each other’... See more
Ray Kurzweil • The Law of Accelerating Returns « the Kurzweil Library + collections
Moore’s Law Was Not the First, but the Fifth Paradigm To Provide Exponential Growth of Computing