Comments on: Information Technology “IT” is what it is http://www.mattbrooks.com/2008/11/13/information-technology-it-is-what-it-is/ Thoughts on life as an Internet business owner and Internet marketing expert with the goal of self automation! Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:05:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: omer http://www.mattbrooks.com/2008/11/13/information-technology-it-is-what-it-is/#comment-383 omer Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:54:46 +0000 http://www.mattbrooks.com/?p=120#comment-383 Great article! You speak the Truth my friend =) only thing missing is a date of when this will happen. Moore's law predicts that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every 18months. However, the force driving Moore's law is not limited to transistor technology, and therefore Moore's law will go on far after we reach the maximum transistor density allowed by physics with new technologies. Our economy depends on the continuation of Moore's law, and predicting its failure is equivalent to predicting our society's demise. Moore's law will not fail, and has been in fact accelerating EXPONENTIALLY. Yes, the exponent is accelerating exponentially (because of increased investment). So... when will all this happen? The human brain has 10^16 calculations per second. The best supercomputer today has 1.2 petaflops of processing power (10^15), just ten times shy of the human brain. According to Moore's Law, by 2045 a computer that costs $1000 will be able to process as much information as ALL humans who have ever lived. Combined. I have one message to the people reading this: Stay healthy and prepare for the inevitability of the Singularity. om Great article! You speak the Truth my friend =) only thing missing is a date of when this will happen. Moore’s law predicts that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every 18months. However, the force driving Moore’s law is not limited to transistor technology, and therefore Moore’s law will go on far after we reach the maximum transistor density allowed by physics with new technologies. Our economy depends on the continuation of Moore’s law, and predicting its failure is equivalent to predicting our society’s demise. Moore’s law will not fail, and has been in fact accelerating EXPONENTIALLY. Yes, the exponent is accelerating exponentially (because of increased investment).

So… when will all this happen? The human brain has 10^16 calculations per second. The best supercomputer today has 1.2 petaflops of processing power (10^15), just ten times shy of the human brain. According to Moore’s Law, by 2045 a computer that costs $1000 will be able to process as much information as ALL humans who have ever lived. Combined.

I have one message to the people reading this: Stay healthy and prepare for the inevitability of the Singularity.

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]]> By: The Human Operating System | Matt Brooks : Self Automated : Web 3.0 Internet Entrepreneur http://www.mattbrooks.com/2008/11/13/information-technology-it-is-what-it-is/#comment-16 The Human Operating System | Matt Brooks : Self Automated : Web 3.0 Internet Entrepreneur Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:18:00 +0000 http://www.mattbrooks.com/?p=120#comment-16 [...] singularity, in which information and humans will align and become one. Most importantly I believe IT is what it is. IT meaning Information Technology. Therefore information technology is what it is and if we can [...] [...] singularity, in which information and humans will align and become one. Most importantly I believe IT is what it is. IT meaning Information Technology. Therefore information technology is what it is and if we can [...]

]]> By: Live Internet Marketing http://www.mattbrooks.com/2008/11/13/information-technology-it-is-what-it-is/#comment-14 Live Internet Marketing Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:41:23 +0000 http://www.mattbrooks.com/?p=120#comment-14 What an amazing post. This is exactly what IT is. What an amazing post. This is exactly what IT is.

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