Singularity is much closer than people realize. Even the "futurists".
Alex Wissner-Gross argues the transition is already underway.
Singularity is much closer than people realize. Even the "futurists".
Many users agree the singularity arrives sooner than futurists expect because of accelerating AI gains with major implications, while some criticize the concept as ideological.
@tunguz Not @alexwg
He says we are in it now:
A wonderful discussion with the co-host of the popular Moonshots podcast with Peter Diamandis: @alexwg.
He has such a long list of accomplishments that I had Grok write them up for you: https://x.com/i/grok/share/6f8e86cbfa894e62b8d7cf4c9a601760
Started 40 companies. Is one of the biggest innovators of our day.
We talked about many things, Grok will give me a list after I post which I'll leave in the comments.
The singularity is here, he lays out, and then we discuss what it will mean to be human on the other side.

@tunguz it's actively underway.

@tunguz What do you think is going to happen with a super intelligence?

@sierracatalina @tunguz few are noticing

@Scobleizer @tunguz 💯

@FrankPepper12 Yes

@tunguz We are beyond AGI.

@tunguz The esoteric weirdos have known for years 😜

@tunguz im putting it on the colander for tomorrow let me know if that works

Yes -- but, we are in one already.. we are past the 1st event horizon. That's clear.
Unlike Blackholes* a Vingean Singularity will have multiple event horizons. Each one faster and faster. Each one unpredictable at the start of the prior boundary.
*who knows what's in BH

@tunguz Exactly. The near future is collapsing into what sci-fi used to call the far future.

@Scobleizer @tunguz @alexwg Probably beyond AGI and into precursors of ASI and other offshoot domains like photonics and wet computing.

@tunguz AI is now taking futurists' jobs too 😂

@tunguz Hope we get it right this time

@tunguz “Singularity” is the techno-communist version of revolution.

@tunguz We’ll need to define the singularity. It happens, but then what. I think there’s gotta be a measurement of how far into the singularity we are and how much further do we go until we are considered on the other side.

@tunguz 10 years left max?

@tunguz we are in it

@gh0stpen @sierracatalina @tunguz Ratatouille
Agi cook
Incremental gains
Big implications
Hustlers take notice

idk what to believe, i dont know how to prepare for the singularity, but i know how to prepare (i think) if it fails, like i feel a strong sensation to switch majors (im in computational systems engineering), maybe to medicine or like electrical engineering, i mean something in which a human interaction is required, but yeah i dont know how this singularity will look like, i hope it’s for the better
Alex Wissner-Gross argues the transition is already underway.
Singularity is much closer than people realize. Even the "futurists".