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In 1993, Vernor Vinge predicted the Singularity would occur before 2030. In 2011, Ray Kurzweil placed it in 2045. In 2016, Masayoshi Son predicted 2047. People nowadays seem more likely to quote 2050. The common point among these predictions: they're always 30-35 years away.
Why this number? 20 years would be too close and too relatable -- you may have personal 20-years career plans or get-the-kids-through-college plans. 50 years would be too distant and irrelevant -- you'd be very old, perhaps dead. But 30-35 hits the midpoint between the two.
My own Singularity prediction: I predict that in 2030, futurists will be forecasting the Singularity for 2060-2065.
30 years = one generation
maybe Masayoshi Son should spend more time predicting next year's cash flows of the companies he invests in and less in 30 year predictions
I like 3030 +-30
Infinite moving goalposts of singularity predictions sounds exactly like the thinking of a machine to convince us we're not already in a simulation.
At some point after so many accelerating returns, after we've hit the mind's sky, we would awaken the universe. Been thinking of the Mind & Matter a lot,the mind as a by-product or the purpose of http://reality.You peer down into nature, it reflects the observer.
Excuse me but what is singularity, un simple words please!
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