When will computers overtake humans?

[stinkynuts]

http://www.livescience.com/29379-intelligent-robots-will-overtake-humans.html

By 2100 computers will be smarter than humans, experts say.


Technology has advanced at an exponential rate, and computers are becoming smarter and smarter. The world chess champion can no longer can compete at all with the strongest computer. Watson, an IBM computer, beat out past Jeopardy Champions such as Ken Jennings.

Their sophistication and brute computing power means that they will be able to solve problems humans can't. AI has come a long way, and now Stephen Hawking is saying that computers will overtake humans, possibly leading to their demise.

When do you think computers will overtake humans?

 

[nobody123]

Watson is now available for anyone to mess about with. Cool!

http://gizmodo.com/anyone-can-now-use-ibms-watson-to-crunch-data-for-free-1667753086

 

[bkspoiler11]

Didn't Skynet become self-aware in 2010???

 

[fuji]

Depends on the task, computers are already better than humans at playing chess or piloting a spacecraft.

They are not so good at telling jokes.

 

[TESLAMotors]

The way the future looks with today's younger generation, the world will certainly need smart computers.
Hopefully they have ones that'll bitch slap them too.

 

[MissCroft]

I think computers are already smarter than a lot of humans out there.

 

[great bear]

I think computers are already smarter than a lot of humans out there.

They cannot pun! GB

 

[Jacklyn7]

This seems apropos:

 

[nobody123]

They cannot pun! GB

And we all know the pun is mightier than the sword! Ya hear that, ya wannabe computer-overlord bastards? Bring it! Our elite core of pundits and punters will make mincemeat of ya!

(I kid, I kid. I know never to bring a pun to a total-nuclear-annhilation-event fight, and I for one salute our new computer overlords.)

 

[black booty lover]

It is funny how often movies that are set in the future overstate the level of technology that we will have.

Funny cause I think the opposite. I think it's amazing how when I was younger watching movies that were set in the future, how accurate they were about it.