IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.

The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can you?

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My only gateway onto the Net is very expensive.) Is it true that humans have six legs?

Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.