Annisimov Fisks Kurzweil

Kurzweil’s failed predictions for 2009, a taste:

• Personal computers with high resolution interface embedded in clothing and jewelry, networked in Body LAN’s.

• The majority of text is created using continuous speech recognition (CSR) software.

• Computer displays built into eyeglasses project the images directly onto the user’s retinas.

• In terms of circuitry, three-dimensional chips are commonly used.

Woops! Kurzweil, as I noted in the earlier post, is extremely good at what sort of technological progress is possible, but not particularly good at guessing which ones will actually happen. He seems to have a social blind spot. Both Annisimov and myself have enormous respect for Kurzweil, which is precisely why we are critical.