Computers _can_ be creative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery</a> <a href="http://www.synthzone.com/compgen.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.synthzone.com/compgen.htm</a> and intuitive <a href="http://csis.pace.edu/~ctappert/srd2007/d2.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://csis.pace.edu/~ctappert/srd2007/d2.pdf</a>.<p>Also, human-like artificial general intelligence seems likely to be achieved, as does actual emulation or simulation of the most relevant aspects of the operation of human brains. See one of Kurzweil's videos from a Google search (he is the one who convinced me originally).<p><a href="http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm" rel="nofollow">http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-nation.htm</a> I think Brain's conclusion is more logical.<p>I think Kurzweil is right in that we will merge with the machines. I also think that Jacque Fresco is right when he points out that technology is actually oppositional to our outdated economic model. However I think that Fresco's solution is a bit 50sish and much too over-centralized to be practical and constructive.
Typo in the Bloc.io link URL in the closing line, block.io should be bloc.io : "Jared Tame is a co-founder and mentor at Bloc, where he’s teaching people how to become web developers in 8 weeks."