Will books become obsolete?

January 4, 2010 @ 9:12 pm

I hope not. The author of this article that explores this question mentions renowned inventor/futurist Ray Kurzweil, who I saw speak at some web 2.0 conference here in SF about 2 years ago. He gave a very interesting presentation on all things “future”—mainly AI, as I recall. Even before he went on, he seemed to emanate some sort of alien-intelligence aura as he sat nearby in the audience.

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