Re: Nanotechnology Progress

Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:39:35 +0100 (MET)


On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Chris Hind wrote:

> At 19:13 11/10/96 -0600, you wrote:
> >1-cm by 1-mm STM nanotech?
> >Next year?
> >Singularity speculation?
> >How about: "Looks like my estimate of 2005 was a bit conservative."
> >
> >YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
> >
> >I don't believe it - it looks like we might actually make it!

Come on, guys. Let's remain on the carpet (though this is sure excellent
news). But there are a lot of steps still to do to make it to the
Singularity.

The Singularity is not unavoidable, alas. It looks very good, so far. But
I prefer to keep my fingers crossed, yet.

'gene