I'll add Ramez Naam's The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/02/the-singularity-is-further-tha.html http:/

I'll add Ramez Naam's The Singularity Is Further Than It Appears http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/02/the-singularity-is-further-tha.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/02/the-sing... Why AIs Won't Ascend in the Blink of an Eye - Some Math http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/02/why-ais-wont-ascend-in-blink-of-an-eye.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/02/why-ais-... "Many people seem to believe that SMI would be very dangerous if it were developed, but think that it’s either never going to happen or definitely very far off. This is sloppy, dangerous thinking." Or as the above posts demonstrate maybe it's really well thought out