Category: Against the singularity hypothesis
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 6: Implications)
This post concludes my discussion of the singularity hypothesis by drawing out implications of the previous discussion.
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 5: Bostrom on the singularity)
This post reviews a series of arguments for the singularity hypothesis due to Nick Bostrom. I argue that they do not succeed.
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 4: Chalmers on the singularity)
This post reviews a leading argument for the singularity hypothesis due to David Chalmers. I argue that the argument does not succeed.
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 3: Further doubts)
This post gives three further reasons for skepticism about the singularity hypothesis.
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 2: Preliminary doubts)
This post gives two preliminary reasons for skepticism about the singularity hypothesis.
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Against the singularity hypothesis (Part 1: Introduction)
The singularity hypothesis holds that the intelligence of artificial agents will grow at a rapidly accelerating rate, producing an intelligence explosion. This post introduces a new paper criticizing the singularity hypothesis.