#+title: singularity
- tags :: [[file:20210306160859-artificial_intelligence.org][artificial intelligence]]

The belief that technology will develop to such a point that machine
intelligence will be on par with human intelligence. This idea was popularized
in the late 90s.

The singularity idea fundamentally misunderstands how technology works, however,
and is a concept of pure science fiction taken seriously. It assumes that
[[file:20210405165910-technology_is_not_neutral.org][technology is neutral]] and that [[file:20210310142248-technological_progress_is_not_linear.org][technological progess is linear]]. It is a
mystification of [[file:20210310144711-technological_development.org][technological development]]. [[file:20210712164936-the_singularity_will_not_happen.org][The singularity will not happen]].