From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   "StainlessSteelRat"  schreef in bericht   
   news:61qeitF202akmU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7248875.stm   
   >   
   > "Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a   
   > leading US inventor has predicted.   
   >   
   > Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted   
   > in people's brains to make them more intelligent said engineer Ray   
   > Kurzweil.   
   >   
   > He said machines and humans would eventually merge through devices   
   > implanted in the body to boost intelligence and health.   
   >   
   > "It's really part of our civilisation," Mr Kurzweil said..."   
      
   FWIW the guy has a great website, and a newsletter that seems to be on top   
   of things. w00t! Whatever that means.   
      
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