Things smarter than humans do already exist, in most every specific feild. Whether the 'hard problem' of AI can be solved remains to be seen, and the current po

Things smarter than humans do already exist, in most every specific feild. Whether the 'hard problem' of AI can be solved remains to be seen, and the current political/economic feedback in industrialized countries leads t a different distopia. As monopolies grow, wealth is focused into smaller and smaller groups, and political lobbyists get more and more influence. Things stop changing, much new research is suppressed because its destabilizing to the powers that be. We don't get nanotech, or strong AIs, or supermedicine, not because they're hard, but because they destabilize incumbent interests, and the incumbent interests are huge, self interested, and hold all the money. Moral of the story? Buy rental properties. Be a landed noble.