so the whole idea of the "singularity" has been overblown by fiction and media. The reason we call it a "singularity" is because it is part of the "acceleration

so the whole idea of the "singularity" has been overblown by fiction and media. The reason we call it a "singularity" is because it is part of the "acceleration" which is the observation that the rate of human progress in technology is increasing faster over time. The "singularity" is the point beyond which the rate of change is faster than humans can internalize and react to it. Super AIs and being uploaded to the great server in the sky are just ways we imagined an event literally defined by our inability to imagine it. The singularity could have a few outcomes: - The classical "humanity gets left behind by it's creations" doomsday - The rate of change caps out simply because humanity cannot drive change much faster than humanity can react to it. - The rate of change asymptotically approaches our capacity to handle it. Interestingly, even after the "singularity" happens these three states may be indistinguishable to us. Right now I am leaning towards the second outcome, that the singularity has come, and now we are simply crap at predicting the future because of it. I saw this a few months ago and considered it a potential symptom of that outcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIPfpxFrlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEIPfpxFrlg.