I think there’s a perspective where the post-singularity failure is still the important thing to talk about, and that’s an error I made in writing the post. I skipped it because there is no real action after the singularity—the damage is irreversibly done, all of the high-stakes decisions are behind us—but it still matters for people trying to wrap their heads around what’s going on. And moreover, the only reason it looks that way to me is because I’m bringing in a ton of background empirical assumptions (e.g. I believe that massive acceleration in growth is quite likely), and the story will justifiably sound very different to someone who isn’t coming in with those assumptions.
Fwiw I think I didn’t realize you weren’t making claims about what post-singularity looked like, and that was part of my confusion about this post. Interpreting it as “what’s happening until the singularity” makes more sense. (And I think I’m mostly fine with the claim that it isn’t that important to think about what happens after the singularity.)
Fwiw I think I didn’t realize you weren’t making claims about what post-singularity looked like, and that was part of my confusion about this post. Interpreting it as “what’s happening until the singularity” makes more sense. (And I think I’m mostly fine with the claim that it isn’t that important to think about what happens after the singularity.)