[bradleykingz]

The way I see it, this is simply a repetition of history.

El dorado, the fountain of youth, turning dirt to gold, the holy grail and now... superintelligence.

[sneak]

Human flight, resurrection (cardiopulmonary resuscitation machines), doubling human lifespans, instantaneous long distance communication, all of these things are simply pipe dreams.

[gary_0]

Setting foot on the moon, splitting the atom and transmuting elements, curing incurable diseases like genetic blindness and spinal atrophy...

> doubling human lifespans

This is partly a statistical effect of greatly reducing infant mortality (which used to be as bad as 50%) but even that is mind-blowing.

[CRConrad]

> resurrection (cardiopulmonary resuscitation machines)

Get back to me when that can ressurect me after I've been dead for a week or so.