The inventor and futurist Kurzweil points to an accelerating advance of converging technologies that he has pinned 2040 as the year of singularity when astounding human capabilities will will add depth and bredth to the enlarged lives of AI enhanced people.

http://accelerating.org/ac2005/downloads/AC2005_PressRelease(SingNear).pdf



here is some more singularity speculation by some guy named Kevin Kelly. If its the Kevin Kelly I grew up with, he was always pretty wierd.
http://www.veneermagazine.com/01-18/01/the_group/singularity.html






PS

you have 7 more days to hide your assets offshore and or move your Swill, I mean Swiss bank account before the new transpareancy rules take effect.