Our computers double in capability on time scales of only a few years. It's hardly outrageous to believe that we will successfully develop thinking machines within a handful of decades, or at most a century or two. If that happens, these artificial sentients will quickly leave us behind.

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Seth Shostak was a contemporary American astronomer and author. Seth Shostak is an American astronomer and author, and is currently the senior astronomer for the SETI Institute. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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