Views on AI singularity diverge across tech and enterprise groups
Andrew Curran addressed shifting assessments of AI progress in a post. Technology communities in San Francisco and on social media now expect an imminent singularity. Large enterprise leaders, public figures, and the federal government continue to align with assessments from a year earlier. Academic Ethan Mollick observed that the uncertainty matches John von Neumann’s definition of singularity and recalled similar doubts during the Industrial Revolution.
#175Ethan Mollick@EMOLLICKIn the original von Neumann sense of a singularity as the point "beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue," it seems true
By definition, we can't know what that means in advance (it was also true of the Industrial Revolution, which reordered human affairs)
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_You best start believing in singularities, you're in one.
Also prinz should have more followers. He's very clever. I turn things over with him in gc sometimes. I have a recurring issue where I imagine the future without friction, so it's good to talk it over with others before I post about it.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_You best start believing in singularities, you're in one.