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Machines and objects to overtake humans on the Internet
That was a headline that caught my eye today.
According to the article, “Machines will take over from humans as the biggest users.”
There is something strange and science fiction-like about all that, which goes on to declare there are 875 million internet users out there, a number that could double, however machines could make up tens of billions in the future. They would be tied into an all pervasive network where there would be no need to power up a computer to connect — “anytime, anywhere, by anyone and anything”, the article says.
“Even particles and ‘dust’ might be tagged and networked”, the ITU said.
“In this way the virtual world would map the real world, given that everything in our physical environment would have its own identity (a passport of sorts) in virtual cyberpsace,” the report forecast.
As the artcle states, science fiction will become science fact.
Sometimes it does, doesn’t it?

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Soon I’ll be blogging and the computer will scream “6079 Rainypete! Yes, you! Bend lower, please!
You may want to check out the book “The Age of Spiritual Machines” by Ray Kurzweil… very interesting predictions on how machines will surpass humans in many ways, and eventually merge with their human creators. It’s a very interesting read, and while some of it may seem kinda far out there, some of it is very plausible.
…and people say I’m cynical and a Grumpy Old Git!