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If this would true, it would cast away The Technical Singularity hypothesis' premise that technological changes accelerates.
by alephnan 7y ago
If this would true, it would cast away The Technical Singularity hypothesis' premise that technological changes accelerates.
- beefman 7y agoNot necessarily. "Accelerating returns" is just another name for exponential growth. And the economy is growing exponentially. But the rate since 1970 is possibly lower than it was during the "special century". Also, for what it's worth, Moore's law and its variants are just special cases of Wright learning.[1][2][3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve [2] https://twitter.com/clumma/status/740267279255015424 https://twitter.com/clumma/status/740267279255015424 [3] https://twitter.com/clumma/status/740268490687291392 https://twitter.com/clumma/status/740268490687291392