Welcome to the Singularity
September 22, 2022 · originally published on Substack
Photo by Willem van der Maden and MidJourney
Are you enjoying the singularity? Here is what to expect.
First, a steady stream of technological progress will make all human labor redundant. As society transforms into a fully automated economy, wealth will become increasingly concentrated, and our species will divide into a small class of super-rich "post-humans" and the rest of us. Soon the post-humans will become godlike, able to merge with machines and colonize the cosmos. Humanity will become an endangered species.
The technological singularity is the idea that exponential gains in computing power will eventually lead to a point where machines can surpass human intelligence, creating a future in which machines can create their own technology and humanity is left behind. This future is often seen as a utopia, where humans can finally achieve immortality and explore the universe without limitations. However, there are also those who see the singularity as a dystopian future, where the gulf between the haves and the have-nots grows ever wider and humanity is ultimately extinguished.
The above text was written by GPT3 in response to this fantastic thread on the rapid advances in the past month.
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