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Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by NitpickLawyer » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

stego-tech wrote: post #28

This is delightfully unhinged, spending an amazing amount of time describing their model and citing their methodologies before getting to the meat of the meal many of us have been braying about for years: whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly. And, yep! A lot of people absolutely believe it will and are acting accordin…

> [...] prior to reforming society [...]

Well, good luck. You have "only" the entire history of human kind on the other side of your argument :)

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by adzm » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

wffurr wrote: post #32

jesse__ wrote: post #24

The meme at the top is absolute gold considering the point of the article. 10/10

Why does one of them have the state flag of Ohio? What AI-and-Ohio-related news did I miss?

Note that the only landmass on Earth is actually Ohio as well. Turns out, it's all Ohio. And it always has been. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wait-its-all-ohio-always-has-...

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by banannaise » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

sempron64 wrote: post #62

A hyperbolic curve doesn't have an underlying meaning modeling a process beyond being a curve which goes vertical at a chosen point. It's a bad curve to fit to a process. Exponentials make sense to model a compounding or self-improving process.

You have not read far enough.

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by stego-tech » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

generic92034 wrote: post #56

stego-tech wrote: post #28

This is delightfully unhinged, spending an amazing amount of time describing their model and citing their methodologies before getting to the meat of the meal many of us have been braying about for years: whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly. And, yep! A lot of people absolutely believe it will and are acting accordin…

> Folks vibe with the latter I am not convinced, though, it is still up to "the folks" if we change course. Billionaires and their sycophants may not care for the bad consequences (or even appreciate them - realistic or not).

Oh, not only do they not care about the plebs and riff-raff now, but they’ve spent the past ten years building bunkers and compounds to try and save their own asses for when it happens.

It’s willful negligence on a societal scale. Any billionaire with a bunker is effectively saying they expect everyone to die and refuse to do anything to stop it.

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by accidentallfact » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

stego-tech wrote: post #28

This is delightfully unhinged, spending an amazing amount of time describing their model and citing their methodologies before getting to the meat of the meal many of us have been braying about for years: whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly. And, yep! A lot of people absolutely believe it will and are acting accordin…

Reality won't give a shit about what people believe.

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by stego-tech » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC

NitpickLawyer wrote: post #71

stego-tech wrote: post #28

This is delightfully unhinged, spending an amazing amount of time describing their model and citing their methodologies before getting to the meat of the meal many of us have been braying about for years: whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly. And, yep! A lot of people absolutely believe it will and are acting accordin…

> [...] prior to reforming society [...] Well, good luck. You have "only" the entire history of human kind on the other side of your argument :)

I never said it was an easy problem to solve, or one we’ve had success with before, but damnit, someone has to give a shit and try to do better.

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #65

octernion wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that was precisely my reaction as well. phew machines will deal with the timestamp issue and i can just sit on a beach while we singularityize or whatever.

You won't be on the beach when you get turned into paperclips. The machines will come and harvest your ass. Don't click here: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/

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Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by mitthrowaway2 » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC

stego-tech wrote: post #28

This is delightfully unhinged, spending an amazing amount of time describing their model and citing their methodologies before getting to the meat of the meal many of us have been braying about for years: whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly. And, yep! A lot of people absolutely believe it will and are acting accordin…

> whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly.

I disagree. If the singularity doesn't happen, then what people do or don't believe matters a lot. If the singularity does happen, then it hardly matters what people do or don't believe (edit: about whether or not the singularity will happen).

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by mesozoicpilgrim » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC

jrmg wrote: post #12

This is gold. Meta-spoiler (you may not want to read this before the article): You really need to read beyond the first third or so to get what it’s really ‘about’. It’s not about an AI singularity, not really. And it’s both serious and satirical at the same time - like all the best satire is.

I'm trying to figure out if the LLM writing style is a feature or a bug

Re: The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday

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Post by Forgeties79 » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC

stego-tech wrote: post #28

This is delightfully unhinged, spending an amazing amount of time describing their model and citing their methodologies before getting to the meat of the meal many of us have been braying about for years: whether the singularity actually happens or not is irrelevant so much as whether enough people believe it will happen and act accordingly. And, yep! A lot of people absolutely believe it will and are acting accordin…

I just point to Covid lockdowns and how many people took up hobbies, how many just turned into recluses, how many broke the rules no matter the consequences real or imagined, etc. Humans need something to do. I don’t think it should be work all the time. But we need something to do or we just lose it.

It’s somewhat simplistic, but I find it get the conversation rolling. Then I go “it’s great that we want to replace work but what are we going to do instead and how will we support ourselves?” It’s a real question!