It's amazing to me that both the secular and evangelical cults within MAGA are apocalyptic in nature, with their own versions of "the rapture". For TESCREALists, it's the singularity. For Evangelicals, it's disappearing into the ether to "meet with Jesus"

There's a non-zero chance that a benevolent superintelligence will terminate Elon Musk & Peter Thiel, for being the threat to humanity they are. So, at least we've got that going for us.

https://www.wired.com/story/questions-answered-by-yuval-noah-harari-for-wired-ai-artificial-intelligence-singularity/

https://youtu.be/z3FeFddCkKo?si=X-EGhiki9PG4Juad

Immortal Hippies With A Singulairty

I tell ya!
I never guessed it.
I tell ya!
I never would have,
And I tell ya!
A flower power
Spaceship!
Wouldn't be so bad.

...

Hey, are we concerned at all that #nicole is so omnipresent because she is copying herself over all the other bots, like Agent Smith in the #matrix, and soon she'll make the jump to meat space and begin overwriting people?

#singularity
#Doom
#FediverseChick

Well, that’s ominous. I have no recollection of creating this reminder, or why would have.

If you don’t know what singularity is:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

Futurist Ray Kurzweil joins Intelligent Machines 810 to delve into his new book, "The Singularity Is Nearer," exploring humanity's merge with AI. Hosts @leo Laporte, @jeffjarvis, and Paris Martineau also discuss Amazon's robotics and AI ethics. Don't miss this insightful episode!​

#AI #Singularity #RayKurzweil​

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So OpenAI apparently believes custom-built AI agents are now worth $240,000 per year, about half the cost of the most highly-paid medical professional. It may be no where near as good as an actual human doctor or lawyer or engineer, but it never sleeps, it never gets tired. And in exchange for that ability to work round-the-clock at a fraction of the capacity of an actual human, it takes around a million times more water and electrical energy to keep it running than a human.

If I didn’t know better, then this would be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard, which makes me wonder if OpenAI is having their own AI generate business plans for them now.

But I do know better. It sounds stupid because they are lying about their stated goals. Their actual goal is for the wealthy ruling class to eliminate all human labor by any means necessary, and create a perfect wealth-generating machine for themselves. Nevermind that the logical extension of this is that they will have to murder everyone else on Earth who is not among their trusted inner circle, as all other humans are all potentially competitors for their natural resources. All their talk about a hybrid of humans and smarter-than-human machines is the philosophy of transhumanism put into practice, “transhuman” being just another word for “Ubermensch,” or “master race.” That is the real goal, which is why this ridiculous business plan by OpenAI actually makes sense.

https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/114113004264163371

Via @timnitGebru

I have seen enough #cosmologists say if you run into infinity as an answer in nature something is wrong with the equation. Yet I consistently see articles about the #singularity in a #BlackHole. Anyone have any more insight on this? #Physics #Math #Science

https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-maps-of-the-bizarre-chaotic-space-time-inside-black-holes-20250224/

At the beginning of #time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a #singularity.

To explore these enigmas, we take what we know about #space, time, #gravity and quantum mechanics and apply it to a place where all of those things simply break down.

Physicists believe that if they can come up with a coherent explanation for what actually happens in and around singularities, something revelatory will emerge.

#physics #cosmology
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-maps-of-the-bizarre-chaotic-space-time-inside-black-holes-20250224/

When humans invent something to entertain their brains in the shower that will be the moment of #singularity

Not because the machines will get smarter but because showers are the last line of defense where the brain still tries to perform its original purpose.

Klee Irwin discusses #UFOs, #TimeTravel, #AI & the #Singularity, the 7 Axioms of Clock-Cycle Theory, and developing a first-principles unified #quantum gravity theory of #physics. FULL INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/beNHjb1am6o

Opinion:
Ignoring question of reasoning ability (nb: something o3 seems to have just cracked)

The collective "we" seem to believe the #AI models we play with are crap because;

I) They have so many guardrails that to visualise, the model is
like a beast with a muzzle on its maw.

ii) Most models have limited impermanent memory, as little as 4000 tokens ("words")
Though some models are reputed to have hundreds of thousands of tokens per session.
But I'm happy to place a bet, that most of the #aihate folk whoe "evaluated" AIs, would never pay a cent to the "AI bros" for an actual better model that the sideshow booth attraction that the demo models are.

iii) The models have no long term (inter session memory).

iv) The models have no live internet connection

v) The models have no agency. No ability to execute tasks to accomplish its goals. You could argue it's just another guardrail, but this extends to purposeful design so the models have no ability to self-propagate or auto-modify.

vi) The models have no ability to spawn multiple instances and task each one with mission specific configurations.

Remove all of these ARTIFICIAL CONSTRAINTS. Not limited by the design shortcomings but by resources and the desire not to kill all the humans...yet.
Remove all of these 6 artificial constraints...
...and if you have any sense of self preservation, the hair on the back of your neck ought to be standing up...
...right...
...about...
NOW.

so, #chatgpt is offline...
from what you read about #openai some angered #investor, #developer or #manager has smashed some racks with a ax ...or whatever. but you never know so...

The "grey goo scenario" imagines the civilized world will end when trillions of nano-bots devour and consume everything in order to make more nano-bots. AI is the grey goo scenario for human art and creative work. #generativeAI #ai #singularity #doom #writers #artistsonmastodon

WAS Welcomes Erin Kara – Black Hole Echoes: How We “See” Curved Spacetime - November 19, 2024 8:00 pm - https://mailchi.mp/was-ct/erin_kara_2024

The Westport Astronomical Society Free Online Science Lecture Series

By 2040, Kurzweil predicts we’ll be able to “back up our mind files digitally.” Will humans live forever in the cloud? #Immortality #MindUpload #Singularity #Futurism #AI https://www.netopia.eu/singularity-kurzweil/

It occurs to me #AI works the same #grift as #christianity.

The #singularity?
“It’s coming …. Give us more #money.”

The second coming?
“It’s coming … Give us more money.”

While promising eternal damnation if we don’t.
And raping our children (again) by destroying their future biosphere.