Man-Machine Merger Arriving Sooner Than You Think

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. Imagine a world where the combination of faster computers, networks, and amplified human intelligence could bring about a change so radical that those who follow will no longer be human. Some futurists and science fiction writers envision that world coming to pass, not hundreds of years from now but in the next generation. And they call this event the Technological Singularity. From member station KUSP, Rick Kleffel tries to get a glimpse of an un-seeable future.