Ray Kurzweil on The Colbert Report [video embed]

I'm quite aware that Canada has some odd regulations regarding access to foreign media, but I'm somewhat disturbed to learn that we're worse than Indonesia.

[-]XiXiDu14y20

Our estimate for the total information processing capability of any system in our Universe implies an ultimate limit on the processing capability of any system in the future, independent of its physical manifestation and implies that Moore’s Law cannot continue unabated for more than 600 years for any technological civilization.

Limits to computation
Ultimate physical limits to computation, Lloyd, Seth (2000)
Universal Limits on Computation, Lawrence M. Krauss , Glenn D. Starkman (2004)

[-]curiousepic14y10

Well that went better than I expected.

[-]Kevin14y20

Yup. Steven Colbert has commented that he is frustrated sometimes by wanting to sincerely engage a guest but can't because of the limitations of his character. So when he likes a guest, he lobs softball questions and lets them talk.

[-]Grognor14y00

Brought here by this comment, I've been looking for a place to mark down this musing I've had in my head a whole while: Will Eliezer Yudkowsky go on this show to promote his book when it comes out? Should he?

[-]ewang14y-10

I think this is the first video embed I've seen on Less Wrong. It just...doesn't feel right.

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