The real problem with people saying "not in your lifetime" is that they fail to understand the exponential nature of a self-improving AI entity. That's the whol

The real problem with people saying "not in your lifetime" is that they fail to understand the exponential nature of a self-improving AI entity. That's the whole reason it's the singularity. Lets say we create an AI that can rewrite and improve itself. The first iteration may take a year to actually be better. But then the next version is only a month away. Then the next is only a day. Suddenly the AI has self-improved beyond our understanding before we even realize or understand what happened. The true singularity is dangerous precisely because we won't know when it actually happens, and it will outpace us before we can respond. Preemptive drone strikes against AI programmers don't sound too far fetched given the direction things are going. Of course, the singularity is a zero-sum game, in the sense that the first entity there wins. Which is why I plan on programming the singularity AI as a copy of my consciousness so that I will be the singularity god.