Three quotes about the Singularity

Timely, given where I was in the last week.

I read this before I went.....

What does it mean for a society to thoughtlessly grant power to those who see the human body as an impediment to transcendence and believe that what’s good about us is what can be replicated by inanimate computers?  ~ Nicholas Carr, "The other digital dualism"

Then yesterday I found this:

The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster. ~ Adam Smith

Then today I found this:

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism. - John Calhoun

Thoughts?

This will all be done by computers

Two videos found on the same day on the same topic. Namely, the use of technology - specifically, machinery - to create objects. The first is a 60 Minutes segment featuring Andrew McAfee and Erik Bynjolfsson called "March of the Machines." It aired last week.


The second is an archival documentary from Encyclopedia Britannica illustrating how a manuscript becomes a book. I found it on The Atlantic's site under the headline "Technology Porn for Book Lovers: A 1940s Guide to Printing."



The same subject (roughly), looked at twice in a 70-year interval. What are we to make of these? I can think of a few things.

UPDATE

To wit: from cnet today: "The Noodlebot takes on China's noodle chefs"