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For you, what's the most important next step in computing?

Survey period: 15 Dec 2014 to 22 Dec 2014

Forget thinner form factors, larger screens or a faster compiler. Think big.

OptionVotes% 
A new way of interacting with computers (eg gesture, eys tracking, mind-meld)20616.65
Order-of-magnitude increase on processing power856.87
Connectivity with Everything19315.60
True Artificial Intelligence (i.e.. can pass an unrestricted Turing test)18114.63
Quantum Computing18214.71
Universal Broadband13310.75
Regulators who actually understand the technology20216.33
Other (Please comment)554.45



 
GeneralProcessing power all the way Pin
Simewu17-Jun-15 8:39
professionalSimewu17-Jun-15 8:39 
GeneralOther Pin
RedDk19-Dec-14 10:22
RedDk19-Dec-14 10:22 
GeneralRe: Other Pin
ha_asgag25-Dec-14 15:32
ha_asgag25-Dec-14 15:32 
GeneralTruly Understanding Languages Pin
Dan Colasanti19-Dec-14 4:31
professionalDan Colasanti19-Dec-14 4:31 
GeneralOther - Better use of the technology Pin
Nelek18-Dec-14 1:44
protectorNelek18-Dec-14 1:44 
GeneralConnect to everything.......... Pin
Swinkaran17-Dec-14 17:42
professionalSwinkaran17-Dec-14 17:42 
Generalall of the above Pin
Dennis E White17-Dec-14 8:59
professionalDennis E White17-Dec-14 8:59 
GeneralTechnology is more than Candy Crush and Facebook Pin
Ramkrishna Mokashi17-Dec-14 4:58
Ramkrishna Mokashi17-Dec-14 4:58 
GeneralSimple to use and simple to code Pin
Cristian Amarie16-Dec-14 22:54
Cristian Amarie16-Dec-14 22:54 
GeneralComputing is Humanity Pin
carmel16-Dec-14 19:53
carmel16-Dec-14 19:53 
GeneralVehicle to Vehicle Dynamic Comm Links! Pin
Kirk 1038982116-Dec-14 14:57
Kirk 1038982116-Dec-14 14:57 
GeneralRe: Vehicle to Vehicle Dynamic Comm Links! Pin
GSN.CP16-Dec-14 18:42
professionalGSN.CP16-Dec-14 18:42 
GeneralNext step in computing - eliminating the inconveniences and limitations encountered by the average computer user Pin
ha_asgag16-Dec-14 13:43
ha_asgag16-Dec-14 13:43 
GeneralArtificial General Intelligence Pin
Leng Vang16-Dec-14 7:40
Leng Vang16-Dec-14 7:40 
GeneralRe: Artificial General Intelligence Pin
Kirk 1038982116-Dec-14 10:43
Kirk 1038982116-Dec-14 10:43 
GeneralRe: Artificial General Intelligence Pin
Leng Vang16-Dec-14 11:43
Leng Vang16-Dec-14 11:43 
GeneralRe: Artificial General Intelligence Pin
Kirk 1038982116-Dec-14 12:39
Kirk 1038982116-Dec-14 12:39 
GeneralRe: Artificial General Intelligence Pin
StatementTerminator17-Dec-14 4:25
StatementTerminator17-Dec-14 4:25 
GeneralRe: Artificial General Intelligence Pin
StatementTerminator17-Dec-14 4:50
StatementTerminator17-Dec-14 4:50 
Kirk 10389821 wrote:
I fear the day they have AGI running.

Routers don't fear the Reaper, nor do the bits, buses and cache...

I'm not worried about AGI, at least not until it's scientifically credible. The Kurzweil cult has really stirred up the popular imagination with the idea that our super AI overlords are just around the corner, based on little more than wishful thinking about immortality. A lot of people believe Kurzweil just because he's smart, but the smarter you are the better you are at fooling yourself, and that's what Kurzweil is doing. His delusional fantasies about the "singularity" are very well thought-out, but based on nothing more than an extrapolation fallacy. In reality, expert systems are proving to be very useful, but natural language recognition seems to have hit a wall and there is nothing even close to artificial consciousness coming down the pipe.

A neural net isn't a brain any more than a globe is a planet, it's just a model folks. The idea that modelling accurately enough will somehow cause consciousness to appear as an emergent property is just ridiculous, it's like that Far Side cartoon about the equation with "and then a miracle happens" in the middle. Might need to explain that bit, smells like faith not science.
GeneralRe: Artificial Un-Intelligence Pin
User 1013254618-Dec-14 5:50
User 1013254618-Dec-14 5:50 
GeneralRe: Artificial General Intelligence Pin
Chrris Dale21-Dec-14 13:01
Chrris Dale21-Dec-14 13:01 
GeneralOther Pin
Maciej Los16-Dec-14 7:26
mveMaciej Los16-Dec-14 7:26 
GeneralOther PinPopular
StatementTerminator16-Dec-14 6:14
StatementTerminator16-Dec-14 6:14 
GeneralOther... Pin
Mehdi Gholam16-Dec-14 4:31
Mehdi Gholam16-Dec-14 4:31 
GeneralRetirement Pin
_WinBase_16-Dec-14 3:45
_WinBase_16-Dec-14 3:45 

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