Comment Re:So What (Score 3, Interesting) 574
I agree that it is farther away than many futurists would like to believe, but I don't believe it is impossible to do. And if it isn't impossible to do, it's probably going to creep up on us via small innovations and constant iteration. If that happens, we should be talking about it because intelligence is incredibly important to humanity's situation, and possibly our survival. There are a lot of problems that we could use the extra intelligence for, but there are inherent dangers in creating something you don't fully understand.
In any event, it doesn't hurt to consider the question.