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It feels like we’re on the brink of something (beehaw.org)
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Covid, WFH, Musk, The fall of Twitter, Netflix plateau, Reddit Blackout, Crippling interest rates, Trump, Decentralisation, Tech Antitrust, Ukraine

Adding in Edit: AI, Climate Crisis, Nazis, Fascism, Democratic backsliding, automation, mass unemployment, rising homelessness, wild fires

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been waiting for an AI that can usher us into the technological singularity, and I think we're finally on the cusp of evolution and immortality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I keep hearing about the singularity, I've read up on it, but I still don't get it. What is it/does it do?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Basically it's the concept that AI becomes "sentient", has it's own motives, and ability to learn

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