I've been waiting for an AI that can usher us into the technological singularity, and I think we're finally on the cusp of evolution and immortality.
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I keep hearing about the singularity, I've read up on it, but I still don't get it. What is it/does it do?
Basically it's the concept that AI becomes "sentient", has it's own motives, and ability to learn
TL;DR: It's an expansion on Moore's law that theorizes science, especially AI, will continue to advance itself in an exponential feedback loop. It's also been called The Law of Accelerating Returns, by Ray Kurzweil. His estimate was sentient AI by mid 2020's and singularity around mid 2040's.
The times we live in are riddled with problems but I have to continue on with my life regardless.
The fact Boris Johnson who advertised himself as ‘Mr Brexit’ has just had his career undergo a controlled demolition courtesy of his own colleagues marks the start of the UK changing I think. We might (and probably will) improve things somewhat by rejoining the single market further down the line but we still have to contend with the absurd regional inequality, the absurd generational inequality, the property market violently strangling the rest of the economy to death, a full on cost of living crisis, the dependence of many British businesses on cheap and often exploited foreign labour rather than training school leavers or automating anything, and an entrenched class system that acts a huge drag on meritocracy and gives our system of government a blind spot to shameless demagogues like Boris Johnson as long as they have the right accent and background.
Brexit was like a depressed alcoholic going on a bender, we can sober the man up and give him a shrill moralising lecture about how shit he is but at the end of the day the very legitimate reasons he was drinking himself to death to begin with are all still there and need to be dealt with. Interesting times.