[cOgnaut]

Read over [1] and am currently watching [2], and I really can't get over a not insignificant bit of dissonance:

(a) He seems to be very intelligent. Kudos. But…

(b) How good of an idea is it really to create software with these abilities? We're already making machines that can do most things that had once been exclusive to humans. Pretty soon we'll be completely obsolete. Is that REALLY a good idea? To create "face detectors" (his words!)?

[firethief]

Our generation is going to get old and feeble and eventually die. If we have children, they'll completely supplant us.

Our relevance is ephemeral, but our influence will be lasting. Do we want to have a legacy of clinging to our personal feelings of importance, or of embracing the transience of our existence and nurturing our (intellectual) progeny?

[cousin_it]

We let our children inherit the world because we want them to be happy. Not so with machines designed to carry out industrial tasks.

[Lambdanaut]

Good for the entrepreneurs that invent them.