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Cynical opinion: Not really. We constantly see greatly inflated expectations of technological developments ("I bet in 2000 we'll have rocket cars!") that almo

Cynical opinion: Not really. We constantly see greatly inflated expectations of technological developments ("I bet in 2000 we'll have rocket cars!") that almost never come to fruition. The 'singularity' is mostly due to people wanting to have an official-sounding word to go with sci-fi. Personal belief: It takes a God to create intelligence. In the same way I think it unreasonable that consciousness arose out of nothingness, or a microbe, it seems unlikely to me that we will be able to do the same - especially with what infinitesimal knowledge we really have of the human brain.

wanderer_ 5y ago
Of course, that's only with the interpretation of the word 'singularity' that is the creation of intelligence. According to Wikipedia, the singularity is "The technological singularity—or simply the singularity—is a hypothetical point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization." Again no, because the use of the word "singularity" implies a sudden change. History shows that that's not really how most technologies work. It's generally a slow rise to adoption and integration. But in another sense you could say that Wikipedia's Singularity has already happened. The Internet and things like smartphones have been proven to chemically alter our brains, and they are here stay - for better or for worse. We are at the point now that we cannot stop their connection to our society, and indeed it seems right now that we can't live without them. For better or for worse, they aren't going anywhere.