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TheDonVancity t1_iz19nai wrote

Reply to comment by VivaRae in Would anyone mind explaining to me like I’m 5 what the singularity is? by VivaRae

So it's hard to know what the future will be like, but looking at all the trends (data almost infinitely, computing has been doubling every 6-18 months for decades now, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with his high-tech companies and believes in the singularity while helping to create it, Google and other Big Tech companies are deeply investing and expanding AI, China wanting to be the world's AI leader by 2030, the world is improving at a very fast rate according to studies on wellbeing but the news doesn't show this, 8 billion people in the world with many now attending higher education/having access to a computer with internet/focused on progress more so than conflict, the changes we've seen alone in the past 2 years) I do think that something like a singularity (to me would be AI Intelligence Explosion) or just even technology advancing so fast because progress builds on itself that nobody can keep up is very possible

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VivaRae OP t1_iz1j4ct wrote

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer this, the average human doesn’t realize how much progress we’ve actually made because all we hear is negative fear driven news. You’ve given me more to google haha this simulation thing is really exciting me!

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TheDonVancity t1_iz1nx3n wrote

No worries, it is hard to fully fathom all of this as our biology isn't adapted to the modern world (causing the biggest issue imo, the global mental health crisis)

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I'd recommend searching/watching/reading Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, futurist books and trends, CIA/FBI and other governmental reports on their thoughts about the future, Ted Talks, Sam Altman's blog where I really enjoyed Moores Law for everything post, and theres just so much more but feel free to explore!

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