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To me, singularity is hypothetical nonsense that shows a clear misunderstanding of engineering problems. Computer systems have not become much more sophisticate
by tybris 16y ago
To me, singularity is hypothetical nonsense that shows a clear misunderstanding of engineering problems. Computer systems have not become much more sophisticated in the past 40 years, we have just made them bigger. We keep running into the same mathematical and physical limitations that will not suddenly disappear when machines can improve themselves. In fact, even if such a machine was possible it probably would not get much further than a few generations after which the limitations have become orders of magnitude more complicated compared to the sophistication of the machine. (welcome to engineering)
- JohnnyBrown 16y agoI'm not saying that the singularity isn't some kind of "nerd rapture", but it may a bit disingenuous to say computer systems haven't gotten much more sophisticated. Sure, we're still using Von Neumann architecture and transistors, but software has gotten massively more interesting in several different directions.