i dont mean like the next 10-20 years

lets say 100 years or 500 or 1000 or whatever point in time you would like to go to

do you think we will be able to make them any more efficient or will we have to use more power to keep increasing performance?

how long do you think it will take before we create real artificial intelligence, and computers are able to do things to evolve themselves much faster than humans can

if that will ever even happen.

do you think computers could ever appreciate things like music or art?

would there be multiple computers all working individually of each other or one central network that controls all things?

Quantum computers are the next step.

I think once we make Quantum computers, the next step of artificial intelligence will be more feasible; because computing speed will be in line with human's speed of computer, if not faster.

computers in the next 100 years will be under a thick layer of nuclear materials and rubble.

the stupidity level of governments just keep getting worse because its easier to buy stupid people.

I'm looking forward to augmented reality through glasses/etc one it becomes profitable and mainstream. That stuff looks awesome

I don't think skynet will happen for another 40 years though. First Moore's law has to reach the complexity of the human brain like Pixile said, then a self-sufficient program has to mutate or be created ... supposedly

Quantum computers are a real possibility but still in very early stages of development so its hard to say how cost effective they will become. I think we will definitely make computers more efficient.
AI is programmed by humans and is limited by that potential. Computers are not subject to death and reproduction like plants and animals are so I dont think computers will ever "evolve" themselves faster than the humans that program them.
I'm not sure how a machine could appreciate music or art. Art and music, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. To appreciate something is to treasure, admire, respect or have some type of abstract value. Appreciation is just a word humans use to describe types of human characteristics. Any computer that appreciates something will just be mimicking its creators or other programmed abilities.

This post was edited by NatureNames on Jun 4 2014 08:45am

within 10 years household robots are common
within 20 years human like robots are common
within 40 years borg like world completely populated by small human like robots
within 80 years dyson sphere constructed around our sun
within 100 years machines find a way to turn the whole universe into a computer to calculate what the meaning of life is millions of years later they get the answer


No actually I think the next big step in computing will probably have to be made via AI as humans imo aren't fully capable of taking advantage of advanced computers anyway so their will be little need for them until AI is around.

This post was edited by magpies on Jun 4 2014 04:49pm

Once computers are sufficiently advanced/powerfu with a fully-realized artificial intelligence, each generation will design the next, with minimal human intervention necessary.
I expect to see that at some point in my lifetime, assuming Intel successfully transitions beyond silicon in the next few years to keep Moore's law going.

This post was edited by taekvideo on Jun 6 2014 07:25pm

what?

see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_self_improvement

Implants in our brains that connect us to the interwebs via thought.