Also, on topic of the Singularity, half of the people I meet seem to think the concept is obviously absurd because “the Singularity is all about infinite growth, and that’s physically impossible”. Has anybody ever actually claimed that the Singularity would be literally infinite anything?
Has anybody ever actually claimed that the Singularity would be literally infinite
anything?
IIRC, Kurzweil discusses the possibility in The Singularity is Near (in the context of making new universes). But it seems to be more in the “wow, gee!” category than anything he’s asserting is at all likely.
Also, on topic of the Singularity, half of the people I meet seem to think the concept is obviously absurd because “the Singularity is all about infinite growth, and that’s physically impossible”. Has anybody ever actually claimed that the Singularity would be literally infinite anything?
IIRC, Kurzweil discusses the possibility in The Singularity is Near (in the context of making new universes). But it seems to be more in the “wow, gee!” category than anything he’s asserting is at all likely.