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Re:The Gentle Singularity by throw310822 on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @02:00AM (#44244609)
Cool things down a bit? That's what you call "we're already in the accelerating part of the singularity, past the event horizon, the future progress curve looks vertical, the past one looks flat"? :D
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Re:The Gentle Singularity by fyrn_ on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:23AM (#44245719)
For Sam Altman, honestly yes. The man has said some truly wild things for the VC
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Re:The Gentle Singularity by le-mark on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:58AM (#44246679)
If any of that were true, then the llm would be actively involved in advancing themselves, or assisting humans in a meaningful way in the endeavor, which they’re not so far as I can tell.
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Re:The Gentle Singularity by dievskiy on Monday June 16, 2025 @12:34PM (#44291104)
Maybe Sam meant it more generally - humanity has achieved a lot over past thousands of years, and now we are finally close to interacting with systems that are more capable intellectually.
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