Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

The Great Acceleration

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Matt McDonagh
Dec 02, 2023
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The world is changing at faster rates than most can comprehend already, and this discrepancy will only widen during the Great Acceleration.

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Limited food, water, energy and raw materials has led to competition, inequality, conflicts and hindered technological and social progress since the Dawn of Humanity.

The recent emergence of AGI has changed that reality entirely.

• How we combine ideas to form concepts
• How we analyze information
• How we manage resources
• How we solve problems
• How we communicate
• How we learn

Suddenly all that competition and conflict seems less certain in our future.

AGI has us on the doorstep of ASI -- a super-intelligence capable of bringing humanity to the cusp of a post-scarcity world.

We live in an era of rapid technological change, with artificial intelligence advancing at an incredible pace. As an industry insider, I’v…

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