Who Wins the Unobtainium Prize: Singularity, AGI, Quantum Computing or Fusion Energy?
... It’s worse for singularity and technological singularity. This theory started in 20th-century works of fiction, and subsequent books advanced theories explaining why the fantasy may be true, as in Ray Kurzweil’s 2005 book “The Singularity Is Near.” Singularity is the point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible. This, in turn, creates unforeseeable changes to human civilization. An explosion of artificial intelligence capabilities enters a runaway reaction of self-improvement cycles, creating a superintelligence that far surpasses all human intelligence. ...
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