The singularity is never coming, but it's already here

Ben Narasin was an entrepreneur for 25 years, a seed investor for 8 and is now a VC as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures. When I heard Ray Kurzweil present the concept of the singularity to a small group at TED, the idea that computing power advances would ultimately allow thinking machines to advance beyond humans' ability to advance them, and eventually allow us to "upload" our own consciousness into an eternal ether, I was so smitten I committed to living long enough to live forever. I even practiced caloric restriction for several years. Although many things can improve life expectancy, caloric restriction is the only one to have been proven to extend life span -- and every life-extending drug experiment attempts to duplicate its effects. Over time, I came to realize that while the parts of Kurzweil's concept will likely happen for machines, it won't happen for me.