Re: MEDIA: Forbes Magazine discusses AI and the Singularity (well, kinda)

Dan Clemmensen (Dan@Clemmensen.ShireNet.com)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 18:11:00 -0400


Michelle Jones wrote:
>
> > I would be interested to hear what people think about the possibility of
> > extending the reign of Moore's law beyond 2020, when we hit atomic-sized
> > components...
>
> im kind of surprised there has been no discussion in this forum about this
> monthsscientific american article about single atom lasers. if this isnt
> nanotechnology
> ive never seen it. in a conservative old journal like scientific american! i
> think
> s.a. ran an article slamming nanotech only four or five yrs ago... spike

Only three years ago. See:
http://www.foresight.org/SciAmDebate/SciAmOverview.html