(this one is by my father, Vladimir) Timeline for Singularity is Near (by R. Kurzweil) 2025: IPM creates the first machine to execute 500 trillion instructions/second, the throughput needed to simulate the brain. 2027: Mr. Bill Bates obtains from IPM the …
Every promising field has plenty of hype. Lots of “jump on the bandwagon” relabeling of existing research. Here is a definition of nanotechnology: Nanotechnology is technology on the nanometer scale. Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary activity, drawing on …