U-Ray Kurzweil akapheli ukuphindaphinda ukuthi siphila esikhathini esimangalisa kakhulu nesithakazelisayo emlandweni wesintu. Ingabe ufuna ukwazi ukuthi ubikezelani iminyaka engu-83 ezayo?
Uyakholelwa ekubikezelweni? Cha? Futhi ingabe ubungakholelwa ekubikezelweni kwe-futurist uma uthola ukuthi wabhala izincwadi eziyisikhombisa, ezinhlanu zazo sezivele zibalwe njengabadayisi abahamba phambili, ungumnikazi wamadigri angama-20 ahloniphekile, kanye nabongameli abathathu baseMelika ngokwabo bamtshele insignia?
Manje sekuyisikhathi sokumazi uRay Kurzweil, umqondisi wezobuchwepheshe we-Google, umsunguli wesithwebuli sokuqala se-flatbed, umshini wokufunda wezimpumputhe nezinqwaba eziningi, eziwusizo eziningi eziseziqinisile kakade eqinisweni lethu. Eminyakeni eminingi edlule uBill Gates uthe iKirzweil yiyona engcono kunazo zonke aziwayo ekubikezeleni ikusasa lobuhlakani bokusebenza. Kodwa ekucabangeni kwakhe uRay Kurzweil wayengephutha ngisho nasemihleni! Njengoba ebikezela, ngo-1997 ikhompyutha yashaya i-Garry Kasparov ku-chess, ama-PC angaphendula imibuzo, abe nokufinyelela okungenazintambo kolwazi kwi-intanethi, ama-letsletleton avumela abantu abakhubazekile ukuba bahambe, ukubonisa ikhompyutha kakade kufakwe emagalazini, futhi ukuhanjiswa kwegama "virtual" kwenziwa ngokoqobo isikhathi nge-keystroke eyodwa. Futhi, okwesibili, wonke lo mkhankaso we-futurologist "uyaqagela" cishe eminyakeni engu-25 edlule!
2019 - yisikhathi sokuthi ulahlekelwe kuze kube phakade ngezintambo kanye nezintambo zazo zonke amadivaysi.
2020 - amandla e-computing we-PC azolingana nobuchopho bomuntu.
2021 - kuphela ama-15% omhlaba azohlala ngaphandle kokufinyelela okungenazintambo kwi-Inthanethi.
2022 - Izishayamthetho zaseYurophu naseMelika zizokwenza imithetho ngokusheshisa ukulungisa ubudlelwano phakathi kwama robot kanye nabantu.
2024 - ngeke uvumeleke ukushayela, uma imoto yakho ingenakho ukuhlakanipha kwekhompyutha.
2025 - imakethe ye-gadget-implants iyoba isimiso esilula.
2026 - sizofunda indlela yokulwa ngokuphumelelayo nezinqubo zokuguga futhi sizoqhubeka nokwandisa izimpilo zethu ngokusebenzisa ama-nanorobots nezinye ubuchwepheshe.
2027 - ekuseni ekuseni ngeke uqale ngeqoqo yemiyalo kumshini wekhofi, kodwa nge robot yomuntu siqu.
2028 - amandla alanga (okuyizinto ezivame kakhulu futhi ezishibhile) azokwanelisa ngokuphelele amandla okufunwa komuntu.
2029 - ukusebenza komshini wokucubungula kobuchopho bomuntu kuzoletha izithelo ezilinde isikhathi eside - i-PC izokwazi ukudlula ukuhlolwa kweTuring futhi iqinisekise ukuthi kukhona khona isizathu.
2030 - ihora lezinkanyezi ze-nanotechnology futhi ngenxa yalokho - ukukhiqizwa okuphansi kwezimpahla.
2031 - noma yimuphi umzimba womuntu unganyatheliswa esibhedlela esiseduze nge-3D printer.
2032 - ama-nanorobots azoqala ukubuyisela umyalelo ngisho namaseli omuntu.
2033 - abahamba nabo emgwaqweni bayoba izimoto ezizilawulayo.
2034 - kahle, konke, isoka lakho elibonakalayo lingadalwa ngokuthandayo, ukufaka isithombe esithombeni se-retina.
2035 - amandla okubuchwepheshe besikhala ayokwanela ukuvikela ngokugcwele uMhlaba ukushayisana nge-asteroids.
2036 - amangqamuzana ekwelapheni izifo cishe azohlelwa.
2037 - izimfihlo ezingabonakalisiwe zobuchopho bomuntu zizohlala ziphansi kancane.
2038 - ukubukeka okulinde isikhathi eside abantu abasebenza nge-robotic.
Ama-2040 - amagajethi anezinjini zokusesha azofakwa emzimbeni womuntu. Ukusesha ngokwayo kuzokwenziwa ngosizo lolimi nemicabango, kodwa umphumela uzoboniswa esikrinini sezingilazi noma amalensi.
2041 - izikhathi eziyizigidi ezingu-500 izikhathi ezingaphezulu kwe-bandwidth ye-intanethi.
2042 - imicabango yokungafi ngeke isaba yindawo yokucabanga - ama-nanorobots azofunda ukwengeza isimiso somzimba sokuzivikela futhi "ahlanze" lesi sifo.
2043 - ngenxa yokushintshwa kwezitho zangaphakathi namadivayisi we-cybernetic, umuntu uzokwazi ukushintsha ukuma komzimba wakhe.
2044 - O, ukuphazamiseka, ukuhlakanipha okungewona okuphilayo kungaba yizigidi zezikhathi ezinengqondo kuneyethu.
2045 - ukuqala kokuphela noma uMhlaba = ikhompyutha eyodwa enkulu?
2099 - ukulingana kwezobuchwepheshe "kuzobamba" indawo yonke!