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ffivefootnothingg t1_j5tyump wrote

I’m in a lot of AI-related subs, so this month I got a post from y’all in my feed as “recommended”, so I joined… and i’m glad I did! I would’ve joined earlier if I’d heard of y’all sooner but alas, my home page is perpetually clogged with random bs.

I’d love to see a thorough google-trend graph of “the singularity” and/or any keywords adjacent to that - I’d imagine there’s likely an exponential uptick of recent growth there there as well!

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_dekappatated OP t1_j5tz8n9 wrote

Actually checked, surprisingly I didn't see anything standing out for singularity or AGI

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ffivefootnothingg t1_j5u0oni wrote

Hmm interesting; thanks for checking! Maybe it’s just me then on another manic rabbit hole “research” binge haha … I feel lately that I can’t even seem to get ~enough~ solid info on Singularity because the google results are all either too basic, or too nuanced w/ very little middle-ground. Do you have any simple suggestions for me on which keywords/resources to use? (For reference: i’m nonverbally challenged so anything with complex formulas & mathematical jargon confuses me)

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_dekappatated OP t1_j5u5qt5 wrote

You might want to check out a book like Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom, it could fill in a lot of the blanks for you. But its more about paths to the singularity than the singularity itself. The problem is we don't really know what is going to happen when we reach very rapid technological progress. That's why there is so much speculation and not any actual knowledge of what will happen.

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