Submitted by VivaRae t3_zdf1vn in singularity
VivaRae OP t1_iz1b2dw wrote
Reply to comment by Surur in Would anyone mind explaining to me like I’m 5 what the singularity is? by VivaRae
Wow what an awesome answer! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that to me! I just wonder if it really will happen that quickly, that’s probably the limitation of my brain as it has evolved thus far, it’s hard to imagine a computer becoming self-aware, or capable of abstract thought like we are. Vast calculations of course, but can computers understand the nuances of abstract thought, or the kind of complex visual recognition, speech recognition, natural language recognition etc that the brain is capable of? That still seems a long way off but I’d love to be wrong because this whole singularity thing just seems like it has infinite possibilities
TheSingulatarianII t1_iz36riz wrote
Think of it as a doubling every day for a month.
On the 1st you have a penny.
On the 2nd you have 2 pennies.
On The 3rd you have 4 pennies
On the 4th you have 8 pennies.
On the 5th you have 16 pennies.
On the 6th you have 32 pennies.
On the 7th you have 64 pennies.
On the 8th you have 128 pennies.
On the 9th you have 256 pennies
and so on. By the end of the month, you have over 1 million dollars.
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