[Plain Old Jane]

I think as our data processing power increases like this, it increases exponentially every two years, we'll have to redefine what life is as we begin to see signs of it in our computers.

i dont think we'll ever have anything like the matrix... not exactly anyway... i mean, as the universe expands the more energy it takes to do things, and the greater the laws of physics change, eventually we may not have the power to physically do things anymore, and something like a matrix may become nessesary, but thats all conjecture and moot since we'll all be dead by then.