Wednesday, April 23, 2008

(Mu)icrosoft is (R)otting my (Der)ocuments

2019(no future)

to Ray Kurzweil

  • A $1,000 psonal comp has as mch aw pow as h hman bain.
  • h smmd compaional pows o all comps is compaabl o h oal bainpow o h hman ac.
  • Comps a mbddd vywh in h nvionmn (insid o ni, jwly, walls, clohing, c.).
  • Popl xpinc 3-D vial aliy hogh glasss and conac lnss ha bam imags dicly o hi inas (inal display). Copld wih an adioy soc (hadphons), ss can moly commnica wih oh popl and accss h Inn.
  • hs spcial glasss and conac lnss can dliv "agmnd aliy" and "vial aliy" in h din ways. is, hy can pojc "hads-p-displays" (HDs) acoss h s's ild o vision, spimposing imags ha say in plac in h nvionmn gadlss o h s's pspciv o oinaion. Scond, vial objcs o popl cold b ndd in ixd locaions by h glasss, so whn h s's ys look lswh, h objcs appa o say in hi placs. hid, h dvics cold block o h "al" wold nily and lly imms h s in a vial aliy nvionmn.
  • Popl commnica wih hi comps via wo-way spch and gss insad o wih kyboads. hmo, mos o his inacion occs hogh compizd assisans wih din psonaliis ha h s can slc o csomiz. Daling wih comps hs bcoms mo and mo lik daling wih a hman bing.
  • Mos bsinss ansacions o inomaion inqiis involv daling wih a simlad pson.
  • Mos popl own mo han on P.C., hogh h concp o wha a "comp" is has changd considably: Comps a no long limid in dsign o lapops o CPs conaind in a lag box conncd o a monio. Insad, dvics wih comp capabiliis com in all sos o nxpcd shaps and sizs.
  • Cabls conncing comps and piphals hav almos complly disappad.
  • oaing comp mmois a no long sd.
  • h-dimnsional nanob laics a h dominan comping sbsa.
  • Massivly paalll nal ns and gnic algoihms a in wid s.
  • Dsciv scans o h bain and noninvasiv bain scans hav allowd sciniss o ndsand h bain mch b. h algoihms ha allow h laivly small gnic cod o h bain o consc a mch mo complx ogan a bing ansd ino comp nal ns.
  • Pinhad-sizd camas a vywh.
  • Nanochnology is mo capabl and is in s o spcializd applicaions, y i has no y mad i ino h mainsam. "Nanongind machins" bgin o b sd in manacing.
  • hin, lighwigh, handhld displays wih vy high solions a h pd mans o viwing docmns. h aomniond comp yglasss and conac lnss a also sd o his sam ppos, and all download h inomaion wilssly.
  • Comps hav mad pap books and docmns almos complly obsol.
  • Mos laning is accomplishd hogh inllign, adapiv coswa psnd by comp-simlad achs. In h laning pocss, hman adls ill h conslo and mno ols insad o bing acadmic inscos. hs assisans a on no physically psn, and hlp sdns moly.
  • Sdns sill lan ogh and socializ, hogh his is on don moly via comps.
  • All sdns hav accss o comps.
  • Mos hman woks spnd h majoiy o hi im acqiing nw skills and knowldg.
  • Blind popl wa spcial glasss ha inp h al wold o hm hogh spch. Sighd popl also s hs glasss o ampliy hi own abiliis.
  • inal and nal implans also xis, b a in limid s bcas hy a lss sl.
  • Da popl s spcial glasss ha conv spch ino x o signs, and msic ino imags o acil snsaions. Cochla and oh implans a also widly sd.
  • Popl wih spinal cod injis can walk and climb sps sing comp-conolld nv simlaion and xosklal oboic walks.
  • Langag anslaing machins a o mch high qaliy, and a oinly sd in convsaions.
  • Accss o h Inn is complly wilss and povidd by waabl o impland comps.
  • Dvics ha dliv snsaions o h skin sac o hi ss (i..--igh body sis and glovs) a also somims sd in vial aliy o compl h xpinc. "Vial sx"--in which wo popl a abl o hav sx wih ach oh hogh vial aliy, o in which a hman can hav sx wih a "simlad" pan ha only xiss on a comp--bcoms a aliy.
  • Js as visal- and adioy vial aliy hav com o ag, hapic chnology has lly mad and is complly convincing, y qis h s o n a V.. booh. I is commonly sd o comp sx and mo mdical xaminaions. I is h pd sxal mdim sinc i is sa and nhancs h xpinc.
  • Woldwid conomic gowh has conind. h has no bn a global conomic collaps.
  • h vas majoiy o bsinss inacions occ bwn hmans and simlad ails, o bwn a hman's vial psonal assisan and a simlad ail.
  • Hoshold obos a biqios and liabl.
  • Comps do mos o h vhicl diving—-hmans a in ac pohibid om diving on highways nassisd. hmo, whn hmans do ak ov h whl, h onboad comp sysm consanly monios hi acions and aks conol whnv h hman divs cklssly. As a sl, h a vy w anspoaion accidns.
  • Pooyp psonal lying vhicls sing micolaps xis. hy a also pimaily comp-conolld.
  • Hmans a bginning o hav dp laionships wih aomad psonaliis, which hold som advanags ov hman pans. h dph o som comp psonaliis convincs som popl ha hy shold b accodd mo ighs.
  • Pblic placs and wokplacs a biqiosly moniod o pvn violnc and all acions a codd pmannly. Psonal pivacy is a majo poliical iss, and som popl poc hmslvs wih nbakabl comp cods.
  • h basic nds o h ndclass a m. (No spciid i his pains only o h dvlopd wold o o all conis)
  • Comps a also ond insid o som hmans in h om o cybnic implans. hs a mos commonly sd by disabld popl o gain nomal physical aclis (i.. - inal implans allow h blind o s and spinal implans copld wih mchanical lgs allow h paalyzd o walk).
  • Mos oads now hav aomad diving sysms--nwoks o monioing and commnicaion dvics ha allow comp-conolld aomobils o saly naviga.
  • Hman-obo laionships bgin as simlad psonaliis bcom mo convincing.
  • Vial aiss--caiv comps capabl o making hi own a and msic--mg in all ilds o h as.
  • Whil a gowing nmb o hmans bliv ha hi comps and h simlad psonaliis hy inac wih a inllign o h poin o hman-lvl consciosnss, xps dismiss h possibiliy ha any cold pass h ing s.
  • biqios connciviy high bandwidh commnicaions conncion o h Inn a all ims
  • Inacion wih vial psonaliis as a pimay inacciv langag chnologis (naal langag pocssing, spch cogniion, spch synhsis