1. The Technology Life Cycle & Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns      Leading to The Singularity
Dr. Charles Tappert
Professor of Computer Science
School of CSIS, Pace University

2. Technology Life Cycle
Wikipedia: “Most new technologies follow a similar technology maturity lifecycle describing the technological maturity of a product. This is not similar to a product life cycle, but applies to an entire technology, or a generation of a technology.”

3. Technology Life Cycle Kurzweil Kendall
0. Precursor (dream/contemplation)
Invention
Development (emergence)
Maturity (established)
Pretenders (threat by upstart)
Obsolescence (by new tech)
Antiquity
Kendall
Invention
Emergence
Acceptance (established)
Sublime (fully appreciated)
Surplus

4. S Curve of the Technology Life Cycle
Saturation
Maturity
Emergence
Invention

5. Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns Leading to the Singularity
Law of Accelerating Returns: the rate of technological change is exponentially.
The Singularity: the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence.
Book: The Singularity is Near, 2005
Movie: The Singularity is Near, 2010
Yearly Singularity Summit Conferences