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BT Futurologist On Smart Yogurt and the $7 PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday September 27, 2006 @05:10AM from the i'll-be-back dept.

WelshBint writes, "BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, has been speaking to itwales.com. He has some scary predictions, including the real rise of the Terminator, smart yogurt, and the $7 PC." Ian Pearson is definitely a proponent of strong AI — along with, he estimates, 30%-40% of the AI community. He believes we will see the first computers as smart as people by 2015. As to smart yogurt — linkable electronics in bacteria such as E. Coli — he figures that means the end of security. "So how do you manage security in that sort of a world? I would say that there will not be any security from 2025 onwards."

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O'Rly? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-27 05:14 · Score: -1, Flamebait

And exactly how many more numbers can we pull out of our ass?
Re:Computers as smart as "some" people im sure by oc255 · 2006-09-27 06:00 · Score: 0, Flamebait

You can only check for the existence of /dev/jesus through /dev/faith.
The Color of America? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-27 08:03 · Score: -1, Flamebait

You Americans always forget that your own country will far more "colored" than any European nation too soon for your own liking. And that includes the millions of Muslims in the US today! But I guess its because you dont know theres a population explosion until the last few seconds.. From my point of view the US is lost to the latinos, asians and other peoples - the only white nations left will be the original European ones.