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t1_je0f6v9 wrote

Reply to comment by in Chat-GPT 4 is here, one theory of the Singularity is things will accelerate exponentially, are there any signs of this yet and what should we be watching? by

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t1_je0gp4p wrote

No, 1% per year is not linear growth. X% growth per amount of time is a more-or-less definition of exponential growth.

Ask ChatGPT :)

I think what you described is formally also exponential growth for somewhat complicated mathematical reasons but only coincidentally.

Informally, you described the exponential growth of the rate of growth.

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t1_je0lqna wrote

Linear growth is going up by the same amount per unit time; exponential is going up by a proportion of the previous total per unit time. Right?

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