Thanks. I probably should not have referenced Singularity, and should phrased my original sentiment better. I understand that we are nowhere near building AI's

Thanks. I probably should not have referenced Singularity, and should phrased my original sentiment better. I understand that we are nowhere near building AI's that can model the human brain and thought process accurately. But I do think that there will be a point, far before that, at which point machines / ai's will have the ability to improve themselves outside of the algorithms programmed into them. At that point, I think there is definitely the possibility for an exponentially growing increase in their sophistication, far far faster then humans have the ability to learn and develop. This is due to the fact that AI's never have to rest, never get tired or forget things, and could potentially have the entire world of networked devices and information at its disposal. Anyway, I pretty much accepted that I was probably going to tank some down votes when I made my original post. But I achieved my main goal of seeing some interesting points / discussion about the feasibility of such a claim.