Not all Singularities are equal.
Not all Singularities are equal.
David Brin briefly discusses a "Negative Singularity", which appears to be ADA's preferred route. Another option is "Retreat", which appears to be Devra's preferred route.
Quote: Then there is the ‘Negative Singularity‘—a version of self-destruction in which a skyrocket of technological progress does occur, but in ways that members of our generation would find unpalatable. Specific scenarios that fall into this category might include being abused by new, super-intelligent successors (as in Terminator or The Matrix), or simply being “left behind” by super entities that pat us on the head and move on to great things that we can never understand.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/singularities-and-nightmares
David Brin briefly discusses a "Negative Singularity", which appears to be ADA's preferred route. Another option is "Retreat", which appears to be Devra's preferred route.
Quote: Then there is the ‘Negative Singularity‘—a version of self-destruction in which a skyrocket of technological progress does occur, but in ways that members of our generation would find unpalatable. Specific scenarios that fall into this category might include being abused by new, super-intelligent successors (as in Terminator or The Matrix), or simply being “left behind” by super entities that pat us on the head and move on to great things that we can never understand.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/singularities-and-nightmares
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