Posted on 06/02/2025 8:26:15 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The world is awash in predictions of when the singularity will occur or when artificial general intelligence (AGI) will arrive. Some experts predict it will never happen, while others are marking their calendars for 2026.
A new macro analysis of surveys over the past 15 years shows where scientists and industry experts stand on the question and how their predictions have changed over time, especially after the arrival of large language models like ChatGPT.
Although predictions vary across a span of almost a half-century, most agree than AGI will arrive before the end of the 21st century.
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(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...
Popular Mechanics sure has fallen.
I agree and it will be used for evil near the end of the century as part of what happens in the soon-coming seven-year tribulation.
The end of the seven-year turbulation will be punctuated by the return of Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords of the earth I believe before the end of the 21st century. 1000 years of peace to follow.
A whole new ballgame coming soon.
the end of life on earth has been predicted by people and groups throughout history.
AI Antichrist, or the Beast?
Sopranos:
Quasimodo predicted all of this.
Who did what ?
At some point soon, I believe that's where AI will go but only for a short time.
I’ll take that bet. I’ll even spot you 10 centuries, Popular Mechanics, just because I’m a risky gambler.
Its already happened. If they are publicly raising concerns now, its to soften the blow when the truth comes out.
I have gone by a statement I heard from former CIA director Gates when I was 23 or so. In a nutshell, he said if you are hearing about now, government has had it for years. he followed up with saying “We have stuff Tom Clancy hasn’t thought of yet” That was 1992 or so.
sin·gu·lar·i·ty
/ˌsiNGɡyəˈlerədē/
noun
1. the state, fact, quality, or condition of being singular.
“he believed in the singularity of all cultures”
2. Physics•Mathematics
a point at which a function takes an infinite value, especially in space-time when matter is infinitely dense, as at the center of a black hole.
Once AI finds out that humans are defective we are gone!
Will AI take the side of the sinner or he saint??
““We have stuff Tom Clancy hasn’t thought of yet” That was 1992 or so.”
Yes, the CIA has futuristic machines that slept through Tet, didn’t predict the fall of the Berlin Wall and missed 9-11.
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