snip - that we would have transcended what we now call human)
It's life Jim, but not as we know it.
It's life Jim, but not as we know it.
Or to put it another way -
"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended."
Written in 1993
https://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/singularity.html
Pretty much.
(also http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns)