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The AI singularity is also an entirely speculative scenario straight out of sci-fi. For some reason, many AI doomers are talking about it like it's not only som
by marginalia_nu 4y ago
The AI singularity is also an entirely speculative scenario straight out of sci-fi. For some reason, many AI doomers are talking about it like it's not only something that is well understood, but also pretty much an inevitability.
The truth of the matter is we don't even know if it's possible. In general, unbounded exponential growth is extremely rare in nature. It's common in physics, but only as a result of looking at low order approximations.
I honestly think when the dust settles, the smartphone will still have had more impact on society than LLMs. If people knew in 2009 what was coming, they'd be freaking out like many people are today.