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-7 Post author: PhilGoetz 06 September 2013 08:04PM

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Comment author: wwa 07 September 2013 02:16:47AM 0 points [-]

The race to win the Singularity is over, and Google has won

Counter-argument: NSA has a track record of having Math advanced decades beyond public. Also, quantum computing should be within reach in 30 years... might be NSA as well, since it'd make a perfect crypto cracker.