For some, this Singularity will be a utopia. For others, it will be a Terminator-style nightmare. Kurzweil is certainly of the former. Kurzweil sees the weakness in our human frailty, or what he calls “1.0 biological bodies.” Yes, we have Rembrandt, Newton, and Saint-Saëns, but it is also true that “much human thought is derivative, petty, and circumscribed.” Which is why the Singularity cannot come fast enough. It is time to ditch these lumbering flesh-sacs of violent barbarity.

Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?

Futurologists point to the exponential rate of technological progress and conclude that we are rapidly approaching a revolutionary turning point. ...