What if the singularity lies beyond a plateau we cannot cross?

Re:What if the singularity lies beyond a plateau we cannot c... by jayw_lead on Friday October 10, 2025 @12:30AM (#45535378)

I tend to dislike the term AGI/ASI, since it's become a marketing label more than a coherent concept (which everyone will define differently)

In this case I use "singularity", by which I mean it more abstractly: a hypothetical point where technological progress begins to accelerate recursively, with heavily reduced human intervention.

My point isn't theological or utopian, just that the physical limits of computation, energy, and scale make that kind of runaway acceleration far less likely IMO than many assume.

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Re:What if the singularity lies beyond a plateau we cannot c... by AfterHIA on Friday October 10, 2025 @05:06PM (#45543787)

Thanks for the coherent response jayw_lead! I too dislike the term but I'm coming from the Noam Chomsky, "language models are a nothingburger in terms of applied linguistics" angle. As far as I can see this still seems like , "secular post-Enlightenment science culture dreams up the Millennium" and given Peter Thiel's recent commentary about the, "anti-christ" I'm terrified to the point of thinking it would be wise to buy an assault rifle.

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