I'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 sophistica

I'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.