You'd think it'd sigma curve but for more than a century on it goes, with no immediate sign of stopping.
For most of that time improved computation hasn't been very noticeable - a 2010 computer does much the same as a 2000 computer. However the point around now when they overtake us is kind of a big deal. The switch from biological life to tech processing being the smartest things in our bit of the universe for the first and only time since the big bang.
Looking back we had our ancestors reproducing and dying for a trillion generations or so since unicellular life, going forward our virtual descendants being immortal. I think the author has it wrong with nothing much changing. (1trn source https://www.quora.com/How-many-generations-lie-between-me-an...)
I've always thought death rather depressing especially with family and friends so it seems a change for the better to me.
One thing that's seemed surprisingly smooth is the increase in compute per dollar https://149909199.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/201...
You'd think it'd sigma curve but for more than a century on it goes, with no immediate sign of stopping.
For most of that time improved computation hasn't been very noticeable - a 2010 computer does much the same as a 2000 computer. However the point around now when they overtake us is kind of a big deal. The switch from biological life to tech processing being the smartest things in our bit of the universe for the first and only time since the big bang.
Looking back we had our ancestors reproducing and dying for a trillion generations or so since unicellular life, going forward our virtual descendants being immortal. I think the author has it wrong with nothing much changing. (1trn source https://www.quora.com/How-many-generations-lie-between-me-an...)
I've always thought death rather depressing especially with family and friends so it seems a change for the better to me.