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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_ix2quot wrote

Reply to comment by ChronoPsyche in is it ignorant for me to constantly have the singularity in my mind when discussing the future/issues of the future? by blxoom

The Singularity gets here by technological progress, which everyone is working on in some form or another due to the law of accelerating returns. The Intelligence Explosion will happen when it happens, nobody is really putting any eggs in any baskets when it comes it the Singularity.

What you’re probably referring to is research into AGI, in which case I’d agree. But transhumanism as a whole seeks to solve any issue persisting in front of us as a species, including climate change. It’s already the case that our species is working on solving many different problems with many different methods, it’s not like only one thing is improving.

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ChronoPsyche t1_ix2s0tk wrote

I was responding to OP who was basically making the point that we don't need to worry about climate change because AGI will be trillions of times smarter than humans by 2050 (paraphrased). My point was that we do need to worry about it and do something about it with whatever methods we have available (which right now is mainly just limiting emissions and transitioning to a green economy) rather than just assuming the Singularity will save us. I don't disagree with what you said, it just is misinterpreting what the point of my comment is. You're right that I was talking about AGI, because thats what OP was talking about.

I dont blame you if you didn't read his post though. It was a bit of a mess.

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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_ix300u2 wrote

Yeah, the idea of dropping all the research out of other fields of science is silly. It’s not like the people in that field would even have the qualifications to work in Machine Learning.

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Five_Decades t1_ix4cwy7 wrote

> which everyone is working on in some form or another due to the law of accelerating returns.

I'm not seeing accelerating returns. Yes hardware is growing exponentially which is great. But that doesn't translate into exponential or even linear growth in technology that benefits the human race. Technology as it is applied isn't much better than it was a decade ago despite hardware being 1000x better.

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QuietOil9491 t1_ix3vapc wrote

This ignores the fact that humans usually use new technology to kill massive amounts of humans before they use it to help other humans

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