Submitted by VivaRae t3_zdf1vn in singularity
Surur t1_iz18hpx wrote
In practical terms, if you want to visualize it, imagine the last 100 years of innovation compressed into one year.
In January you still have a horse and cart, in March you are using a tram, in May you have your own car, in November it's electric and in December it drives itself.
In January you are washing your clothes in a river, in Feb you have a mechanical washing machine, in May you have an electric washing machine and July you have a washer and dryer and in October your clothes are non-iron.
Or in January you are mailing a latter, in February sending a telegram, in March making a phone call, in August a mobile phone call, in September an email, in October a video call and in December a video conference call with your whole family.
VivaRae OP t1_iz1b2dw wrote
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.
ObjectiveDeal t1_iz3kqsj wrote
Do you think humans work like that and greed won’t play a part. There is a reason why we have the same product being sold constantly with no new features.
Surur t1_iz3whmh wrote
I think, due to competition, people will have to very rapidly commercialise their new inventions.
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