StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoHumanity May Achieve the Singularity Within the Next 12 Months, Scientists Suggestwww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up16file-text
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minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoWell, the guy who is probably most famous for popularizing the term had predicted the (technological) singularity around 2045. So, maybe? He also predicted AGI by 2029. From 2017 https://futurism.com/kurzweil-claims-that-the-singularity-will-happen-by-2045 More recent https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbtucker/2024/08/22/the-singularity-is-coming-soon-heres-what-it-may-mean/ https://www.uniladtech.com/news/tech-news/tech-expert-predicted-iphone-concerning-forecasts-057098-20240708 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
Well, the guy who is probably most famous for popularizing the term had predicted the (technological) singularity around 2045.
So, maybe?
He also predicted AGI by 2029.
From 2017 https://futurism.com/kurzweil-claims-that-the-singularity-will-happen-by-2045
More recent
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbtucker/2024/08/22/the-singularity-is-coming-soon-heres-what-it-may-mean/
https://www.uniladtech.com/news/tech-news/tech-expert-predicted-iphone-concerning-forecasts-057098-20240708
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity