2. If I Can’t Dance, I
Don’t Want to be
Part of Your
Singularity
Some Meandering Thoughts by Jamais Cascio
3.
4.
5. What is the Singularity?
A disproportionate increase in the
power of intelligence to achieve
desired ends, including further
boosting the power of intelligence.
6.
7. Within thirty years, we
will have the
technological means to
create superhuman
intelligence. Shortly after,
the human era will be
ended.
8. Within thirty years, we
will have the
technological means to
create superhuman
intelligence. Shortly after,
the human era will be
ended.
–Vernor Vinge, 1993
9.
10. The Singularity story echoes two very old
tropes in popular mythology, but with a
more recent twist.
27. we create AI
(but now the focus of the story is the “we”)
OK, what “we”?
Are there competing projects?
Is this secret? Public? Civilian? Military?
Open Source?
How do governments react?
How do markets react?
How do citizens react?
What are we doing in the meantime?
34. What’s Pushing Us to Do This?
Technological capacity
Competition (markets & politics)
Need for complex systems
to grapple with complex problems
Curiosity
35. What Might Hold Us Back?
Dead-end technology paths
Regulations
Backlash against AI
(or related technologies)
Fear