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That seems like an inversion of how I've always seen it described. As far as I understand it, the Singularity is when the rate of advancement outstrips our abi
by prospero 17y ago
That seems like an inversion of how I've always seen it described. As far as I understand it, the Singularity is when the rate of advancement outstrips our ability to keep up. If we already can't keep up, but technology fixes that sometime in the future, I don't know if that's the same thing.
- randallsquared 17y agoFor decades now, the way to keep up has been to focus on an ever-narrowing field of knowledge. I don't think that's controversial. One description of the singularity is that it's when the maximum intelligence of an agent (human, computer, whatever) begins to significantly increase due to increasing computing power. If we're using that definition, then it fits with your "saturation point" description, since we'd be increasing the amount of information that an agent can handle. The "singularity" aspect is from the perspective of an unmodified human, not the upgraded agents themselves. But there are other definitions. :)