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ParanoidObsessive posted...

OhhhJa posted...

Do you believe in the tech singularity and, if so, do you believe it is more than 50 years away?

No, and even if I did, it wouldn't even remotely happen in the next 50 years.

It borders on mystical wishful thinking by people who are basically sublimating the same sort of psychology that led to religious eschatology years ago. It's the modern equivalent of the people in the 1950s who thought we'd all have jet packs and have space colonies by 2000.

Basically, I tend to think that people like Cory Doctorow are generally full of shit.

Eh I think people have a more rational idea these days about what is realistic as far as technological progress goes. Back in the 50s there was much less tech in general. People didnt really know anything about computers, much less the concept of A.I. Or maybe I'm just naive.

I do believe there will eventually come a point in time when A.I. is advanced enough to make technological advances without our help. A.I. only gets better as time goes on and I dont see why that progress would halt any time soon. We naturally model computers after our brain since its the only way we know how to think so I dont see why A.I. couldn't eventually learn and create like we do and, by extension, be much better at it than we are.

And since the rate of tech advancement is growing exponentially, I think many of these advancements will come much sooner than many people think