What is \u201cthe singularity?\u201d It\u2019s basically the Terminator movie in practice.\u00a0 The singularity predicts that there is a point where computers become so intelligent that they are able to self replicate, they are able to generate knowledge at a supremely faster rate than humans can, and that eventually humans become unnecessary.\u00a0 There are a couple other components to this theory though (certainly there are many opinions).\u00a0 One of the very interesting ideas is that consciousness can be replicated.\u00a0 If you think that the human consciousness is really a series of physical and chemical reactions, then these reactions can at some point be replicated.\u00a0 If it is just chemistry, then consciousness could apparently be ported over to any machine.\u00a0 The second idea is one of these about human immortality.\u00a0 While computers may be much smarter, again, human thought and memory is a series of chemical reactions.\u00a0 Again, these chemical reactions can be ported (downloaded) into a machine, and combined with consciousness, creates human immortality (perhaps not the body, but the mind).\u00a0 Combine that with the processing power of a machine and you now have super humans.<\/p>\n
So while I don\u2019t really subscribe to science fiction, there really are serious scientists studying this type of stuff.\u00a0 Chemists and biologists that are trying to understand the brain also are operating in the theory that the brain operates as a huge computer and are attempting to understand how this computer works.<\/p>\n
So I go into this not to talk about science fiction and humanity, but about knowledge and innovation.\u00a0 The limiting factor for innovation is time.\u00a0 Over time, we have infinite processing power, we simply take longer.\u00a0 However, when you can download ideas into networks of people, innovation and knowledge growth occurs faster.\u00a0 Then you add computing power from machines and you then get exponential growth.\u00a0 So the idea that starts with the singularity really gets applied today in social medias in connecting people and attempting to download as much knowledge as possible into these medias in the form of blogs and wikis and anything else.\u00a0 It\u2019s a far stretch to compare social medias to the singularity, but the step to me seems apparent.<\/p>\n
The point is that we hope to automate the management and use of knowledge and learning to accelerate innovation and collaboration.\u00a0 I think that social medias can\u2019t be ignored as a great accelerator and multiplier for these goals.<\/p>\n
(Don\u2019t ask where I come up with this stuff.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know either.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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