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The singularity seems, to me, to be based on a few simple ideas: 1) There is nothing supernatural about thought. 2) Investigation will lead us to understand i
by AndrewDucker 15y ago
The singularity seems, to me, to be based on a few simple ideas:
1) There is nothing supernatural about thought.
2) Investigation will lead us to understand it well enough to emulate it.
3) Once we can do this we will be be able to do it better than people.
4) Once this happens it will be able to improve itself better than we can.
5) Once this happens, we have no idea what will happen next.
2/3 are arguable, but don't seem unreasonable to me. The rest seem obviously true.
- vertr 15y agoThese ideas seem reasonable to me, however when I talk about 'singularity culture' I refer to those who think that the singularity will be the end of the human race, will 'save the world', will be a new species of humans on this planet, will be the rise of machines who enslave us, is the realization of 2012 and so on. These ideas are going around non-technical circles and they believe them.
- AndrewDucker 15y agoOh yes, the people that have ideas about what will happen afterwards, or who believe that it will save us all seem very odd to me.