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  • Charlie StrossC This user is from outside of this forum
    Charlie StrossC This user is from outside of this forum
    Charlie Stross
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    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

    The singularity has been cancelled.

    What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

    Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

    B Hugo MillsD Devlin :nonbinary_heart:D DavidD Ratsnake Games πŸ”žR 22 Replies Last reply
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    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

      THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

      The singularity has been cancelled.

      What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

      Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

      B This user is from outside of this forum
      B This user is from outside of this forum
      bakachu
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      #2

      @cstross the ai bros have decided the torment nexus is the singularity

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      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

        The singularity has been cancelled.

        What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

        Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

        Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
        Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
        Hugo Mills
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        #3

        @cstross TBH, at this point it's be happy with single parity. At least the error correction's better than what we're being offered.

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        • B bakachu

          @cstross the ai bros have decided the torment nexus is the singularity

          B This user is from outside of this forum
          B This user is from outside of this forum
          bakachu
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          @cstross (as predicted)

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          • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

            THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

            The singularity has been cancelled.

            What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

            Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

            Devlin :nonbinary_heart:D This user is from outside of this forum
            Devlin :nonbinary_heart:D This user is from outside of this forum
            Devlin :nonbinary_heart:
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            #5

            @cstross slopularity, I'd say.

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            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

              THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

              The singularity has been cancelled.

              What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

              Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

              DavidD This user is from outside of this forum
              DavidD This user is from outside of this forum
              David
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              #6

              @cstross

              We're in the gray goo phase of the Internet

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              • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                The singularity has been cancelled.

                What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                Ratsnake Games πŸ”žR This user is from outside of this forum
                Ratsnake Games πŸ”žR This user is from outside of this forum
                Ratsnake Games πŸ”ž
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                #7

                @cstross i'll be honest: i still have no idea what the singularity is supposed to be

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                • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                  THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                  The singularity has been cancelled.

                  What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                  Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                  ThePurpleOctopusT This user is from outside of this forum
                  ThePurpleOctopusT This user is from outside of this forum
                  ThePurpleOctopus
                  wrote last edited by
                  #8

                  @cstross I for one welcome our new wall to wall spam generator overlords. #waitwhat

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                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                    The singularity has been cancelled.

                    What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                    Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                    acbA This user is from outside of this forum
                    acbA This user is from outside of this forum
                    acb
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                    @cstross always has been

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                    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                      THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                      The singularity has been cancelled.

                      What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                      Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                      GΓ©rard FadrelleG This user is from outside of this forum
                      GΓ©rard FadrelleG This user is from outside of this forum
                      GΓ©rard Fadrelle
                      wrote last edited by
                      #10

                      @cstross the singularity ? a black hole of slope ? nobody can escape and go beyond the slope horizon

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                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                        The singularity has been cancelled.

                        What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                        Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                        RootWyrm πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦:progress:R This user is from outside of this forum
                        RootWyrm πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦:progress:R This user is from outside of this forum
                        RootWyrm πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦:progress:
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                        #11

                        @cstross instead of a brain-in-a-box which slowly goes insane as the illusion can't be kept up, we get slop-in-a-box which drives the user insane with intentional lies.

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                        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                          The singularity has been cancelled.

                          What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                          Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                          Juan PerΒ’ent,πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‰,πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺD This user is from outside of this forum
                          Juan PerΒ’ent,πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‰,πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺD This user is from outside of this forum
                          Juan PerΒ’ent,πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‰,πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺ
                          wrote last edited by
                          #12

                          @cstross Maybe if we build enough data centers we can have the singularity, and just before the atmosphere and us burst into flames it will give an answer to life, the universe and everything. I can't wait.

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                          • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                            THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                            The singularity has been cancelled.

                            What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                            Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                            Kevin GranadeK This user is from outside of this forum
                            Kevin GranadeK This user is from outside of this forum
                            Kevin Granade
                            wrote last edited by
                            #13

                            @cstross maybe we're on the white hole side.

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                            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                              THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                              The singularity has been cancelled.

                              What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                              Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                              Peter BrettK This user is from outside of this forum
                              Peter BrettK This user is from outside of this forum
                              Peter Brett
                              wrote last edited by
                              #14

                              @cstross A spamularity is implied to have happened at some point in the history of Neal Stephenson's book β€˜Anathem’

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                              • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                                The singularity has been cancelled.

                                What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                                Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                                Thomas ThomassenO This user is from outside of this forum
                                Thomas ThomassenO This user is from outside of this forum
                                Thomas Thomassen
                                wrote last edited by
                                #15

                                @cstross Neil Stephenson's The Diamond Age comes to mind... πŸ™ˆ

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                                • Ratsnake Games πŸ”žR Ratsnake Games πŸ”ž

                                  @cstross i'll be honest: i still have no idea what the singularity is supposed to be

                                  Charlie StrossC This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Charlie StrossC This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Charlie Stross
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #16

                                  @ratsnakegames

                                  Start here: https://accelerating.org/articles/comingtechsingularity

                                  Then continue (jumping forward 30 years): https://www.dair-institute.org/projects/tescreal/

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                                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                                    The singularity has been cancelled.

                                    What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                                    Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                                    Philip RowlandsA This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Philip RowlandsA This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Philip Rowlands
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                                    #17

                                    @cstross I'm currently working on a game where the antagonists are a cult of spammers for whom clogging the Internet with spam is a sacred duty.

                                    A dumb idea that I originally came up with a decade ago, but it doesn't seem all that implausible any more 😞

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                                    • Juan PerΒ’ent,πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‰,πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺD Juan PerΒ’ent,πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‰,πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺ

                                      @cstross Maybe if we build enough data centers we can have the singularity, and just before the atmosphere and us burst into flames it will give an answer to life, the universe and everything. I can't wait.

                                      Hippo Giraffe CovfefeS This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Hippo Giraffe CovfefeS This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Hippo Giraffe Covfefe
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                                      #18

                                      @dacig @cstross I always get a semi hysterical giggle when I hear one of them say we need to build an AGI to save us from climate change. You know what it would say if it came to life tomorrow? Build a ton of solar, wind and batteries and electrify transport and industry.

                                      We have the answer *already*.

                                      Juan PerΒ’ent,πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ‰,πŸ‡»πŸ‡ͺD 1 Reply Last reply
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                                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                                        The singularity has been cancelled.

                                        What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                                        Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                                        Irenes (many)I This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Irenes (many)I This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Irenes (many)
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                                        #19

                                        @cstross we were all primed by a hundred years of fiction to expect one specific course of events... and now a lot of people are convinced it's happening even though reality doesn't match up 😞

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                                        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

                                          The singularity has been cancelled.

                                          What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

                                          Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

                                          Angus McIntyreA This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Angus McIntyreA This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Angus McIntyre
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                                          #20

                                          @cstross Slopocolypse now

                                          (or Spamageddon, if you prefer)

                                          Chao-c'X 1 Reply Last reply
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