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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Like there's an impending economic shift coming due and the powers that be are doing everything they can to try and prevent it. Unfortunately for them this is inevitable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The times we live in are riddled with problems but I have to continue on with my life regardless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been waiting for an AI that can usher us into the technological singularity, and I think we're finally on the cusp of evolution and immortality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I keep hearing about the singularity, I've read up on it, but I still don't get it. What is it/does it do?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Basically it's the concept that AI becomes "sentient", has it's own motives, and ability to learn

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TL;DR: It's an expansion on Moore's law that theorizes science, especially AI, will continue to advance itself in an exponential feedback loop. It's also been called The Law of Accelerating Returns, by Ray Kurzweil. His estimate was sentient AI by mid 2020's and singularity around mid 2040's.

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