> we are not even close to what we can do in a non-suicidal way. I'm honestly not sure how anyone can be remotely aware of the other major consequence of our e

> we are not even close to what we can do in a non-suicidal way. I'm honestly not sure how anyone can be remotely aware of the other major consequence of our energy consumption, climate change, and make this statement. We're far more likely to be extinct in 100 years than see any of your sci-fi proposals come to fruition. But I guess that gets to the point of all of this discussion: belief in a technological singularity is just a different flavor of the religious tools we have used to avert existential dread for thousands of years. You need to believe these things are true so there's nothing that can ever be said to convince you otherwise.