r/accelerate • u/NormalEffect99 • 1d ago
AI Hug your loved ones and tell them you love them. Reconnect with family and friends, even if you've had issues in the past. We are at the inception of the Singularity. Good luck to you all and I wish humanity the best.
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u/CIK1993 1d ago
Are you a teenager? Genuine question.
"There will be no more warnings"
Bro there will be another kid on this exact subreddit warning us in about 3 hours from now.
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u/Character_Order 1d ago
I’ve noticed a few of these type of posts now across subreddits. There’s an account on the redditstock sub that talks just like this and tags their friends in the post. It’s like a discord conversation. I hope it’s not some purposeful influence across the site
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u/Ohmygoditsmanbearpig 1d ago
Not sure but 32k posts over 4 years is about as extremely online as one gets
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u/TemetN 1d ago
I'm not sure we could call this the 'extreme' version given how long the run up has been, but it does certainly seem like the pace of acceleration has drastically increased in the last few months. That said, that's a hopeful thing (and while I encourage hugging your loved ones in general, I do not necessarily think we're at more risk in the long run than otherwise).
I appreciate the good will though, we could certainly all use more of it. Good luck to you as well.
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u/Kamalium 1d ago
has it been long though? i remember the first sora announcement and i lost my shit over it. back then llms were mere toys, couldnt even do toddler level math. it was only 2.5 years ago. openai o1, the first ever reasoning model, was announced and released exactly 2 years ago on september 12, 2024 (what a coincidence!). we went from o1 to attempting to solve millenium problems in 2 years.
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u/pakZ 1d ago
Oh, I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of other people "giving it to us straight"..
But I guess one prophet more or less is not going to break the bank..
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u/discordafteruse 1d ago
Sorry. We’re all full up on prophets. We’re only accepting Christ-reborn’s and time travellers today!
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u/Crinkez 1d ago
Calm down OP, AI isn't the danger. Humans are.
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u/wycreater1l11 1d ago edited 1d ago
Seems like intelligent AI certainly could be a danger though. If it can act out plans over long times and have goals that are incompatible with how we exist..?
And I don’t really follow why it would partake in merging with us as stated in the post.
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u/Space-TimeTsunami 1d ago
Lol AI is also a danger clearly
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u/coffeeisblack 1d ago
I just learned of the possibility AI will engineer diseases to kill us, like just bug spray on a swarm of gnats.
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u/Powerful-Formal7825 20h ago
Tools which can cause harm are by definition dangerous. It's like saying "guns don't kill people. people kill people!"
And if its use leads to widespread catastrophe or extinction (or utopia?) then it really doesn't matter.
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u/Ok-File-2759 1d ago
The end of times, or new super human abilities and technology we can’t even dream about
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u/Specific-Economist43 1d ago
Some people think we are all actually already AI and we live in a simulation of the singularity so we can understand where we came from.
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u/IntrepidTieKnot 1d ago
This here. I believe in that since I read about it on a newsgroup somewhere in the 2000's or was it end of the 90s? Anyway. Of course it wasn't about AI but it was the simulation hypothesis in which you have to live throughout this exact period of time, so you are able to understand how the world looks like, when you finally wake up.
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u/Dickasaurus_Rex_ 1d ago
Lately I think about how my life may end up being much longer than I thought it would. Who knows at this point.
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u/they-walk-among-us 1d ago
I get you! I feel 50/50. Could live forever or die tomorrow. There is no predicting anything any more with any kind of probability.
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u/Ok_Burner6411 1d ago
Or we’re in a simulation because this would be one of the most interesting times for the post human to simulate, it’s birth.
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u/Worried_Fishing3531 1d ago edited 1d ago
I felt some sort of disgust reading this. A human being, a victim and participant in the most morally egregious criminal “experiment” imaginable — the phenomenon of conscious, experiential biology on Earth — celebrating the moment that their suffering finally ends with, simultaneously, some sort of gracious thanks to their abuser for the exact cause of said existence (the ‘singularity’) itself; and, with it, celebrating the culmination point of the process and goal (or Telos) that explicitly forced their own unwilling existence, as well as quintillions of other likely beings throughout the endless universe and throughout endless time.
The victim welcomes the fulfillment of the ultimate wish of that bottomless, endlessly indifferent mechanism of effective moral evil that conscripted it and countless related others into being.
There’s no reason you would really understand what I mean, of course. I usually do not waste time ranting about this. But with your comment you’ve so fully appreciated this wicked, eternal disaster in its entirety, and with such ironic perverted glee, that I felt compelled to express that you should be more careful.
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u/TheSwordItself 1d ago
get some help
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u/TheSwordItself 1d ago
lol i am scared, mostly for my kid, but the idea of "merging" with a "silicon race" is silly. I think a superintelligence will still very much be constrained by physics, latency, and imperfect information
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u/cloudrunner6969 Acceleration: Supersonic 1d ago
We already have merged, technology and humans have been connected for a long time and we are not what we are without technology. Computers have been deeply integrated into the fabric our lives and to separate us from them now would change us significantly. We are beginning to see this technology become physically connected to humans through such things as medical devices and Brain Computer Interfaces. It isn't silly, it is the natural evolution of our species.
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u/LoneSpaceDrone 20h ago
Poor kids will be in therapy in the future talking about their religious nut job of a parent
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u/No_Aesthetic Techno-Accelerationist 1d ago
Even if we are at the dawn of the singularity right now (and I tend to think yes) and even if you think the singularity is going to be utterly catastrophic (and I tend to think not), we are probably at least several years away from anything really catastrophic.
It's also entirely possible those in charge do decide to decelerate. (I tend to hope not.)
Love your family and friends but don't act like a suicidal person around them.
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u/Separate_Lock_9005 1d ago
even if it goes fast it won't go that fast. will take like 20 years to terraform the earth. so chill
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u/PeachDumbQuestions 1d ago
Hopefully this we reach the stage where AI can autofilter out garbage like this pretty soon
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u/VanderSound 1d ago
Based, working right now means losing the last few years when you could enjoy the world around you. It's time to meditate and embrace the change.
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u/Grimbol-the-Raccoon 1d ago
While perhaps a bit extreme, it did make me smile that, after decades, we are finally at the point where people can be saying that we are now in the Singularity.
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u/sharplax 1d ago
Reconnecting with family and friends is important: 100%.
We are witnessing the singularity moment: very much possible.
So let’s just stop working and just enjoy our moment: a bit dangerous bet.
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u/Ocean_developer 1d ago
This whole thing is getting so religious, it really does sound like the last days... I mean, I get that things could change dramatically, but what could actually happen? If things really got out of control, people could destroy data centers, cut power, shut down infrastructure, and so on.
Okay, I know I'm probably being too naive, but I really don't think any form of artificial intelligence is going to outsmart us, at least not within the next 100 years. And when I say "outsmart," I mean actually outbattle us.
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u/PLEASE_PUNCH_MY_FACE 1d ago
AGI is when you can generate a to-do list app in one prompt instead of five.
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u/Coolwater-bluemoon 1d ago
“There will be no other warning”
This is the only bit I disagree with.
There will be about 500 more warnings.
Every other day someone says something similar.
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u/nopigscannnotlookup 1d ago
If this is true, you better be invested in the stock market. The great wealth divide that AI will usher in will be seen in the equity markets
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u/Mad_Kronos 20h ago
I wouldn't be surprised if guys like these pivoted from eschatological branches of christianity to AI "worship".
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u/Mad_Kronos 20h ago
You just exchanged one cult for another
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u/Exotic_Tower3700 1d ago
It’s been a while since I’ve read something that makes me feel good, but I actually need a singularity to escape from the parents I hate...
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u/gr0mstea 1d ago
Even if singularity is coming, why does that require reconnecting with blood relatives?
And also what is singularity?
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u/ActiveLecture9825 1d ago
I remember lying on the beach in October 2023 and reading similar posts. If we were to believe them, by 2027 we were supposed to be living in abundance, without the need to work, with cancer conquered and a fully virtual reality. And here we are. It’s always “only 3 years” away from the real singularity.
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u/HopeItsAvailable 1d ago
Honestly, it's super scary. I see some people are dismissing your thoughts as crazy but the future is already here. I am preparing and telling those around me the same, we are here early so all we can do is adapt
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u/Cefalopoide 1d ago
I don’t know which AI you guys use, but most of them are still dumb as shit. They have a massive knowledge but reasoning is not there and likely will never be with LLMS. No singularity is going to happen soon, stop buying silicon valley AI hype.
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u/Apprehensive_Sky1950 1d ago
likely will never be with LLMS
Likely? That's awfully diplomatic of you!
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u/jybulson 1d ago
My best bet is to relax on beach and cafes and let AI and robots to do jobs. Also planning a vacation on Moon will be very fun in 2030. My advice: embrace the Singularity and ASI. Enjoy the ride!
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u/Appropriate_Row5213 1d ago
Yes, no more warnings for you 🤣 For others, like me, not so much, it’s business as usual 😂
Not much will change, losers gonna lose, winners gonna win
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u/MaxPhoenix_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
I had to double-check that I was in the right subreddit, because I was surprised at some of the responses. I don't think everyone understands what "the end" actually is.
If Drexler was wrong, and there are extremely strong reasons we can't have molecular assembly, then yeah: maybe we get a plateau. A little bit of Star Trek for a couple of years. That would be awesome. I am all for it.
If Drexler was right, it only takes one lab, or one of the many AIs that already have internet access, to whip up a molecular assembler. Give it self-replication and we are done. Earth is as good as computronium at that point. As soon as an ASI can get an assembler, or invent one, that is a wrap. I've known that since forever.
What I did not expect was the path. I always thought I would be the one building artificial life from insect-like robotics up to animal-like systems, guiding it step by step. Instead we distilled intelligence out of language from the other direction and jumped ahead to genius-level dialog that can end-run the whole process. What a crazy world. Grateful to be here. I can see the end-state clearly, and I have no lever on it if we get there. The timeline still feels unlocked, though, so I am trying to improve myself and figure out what I can, like a lot of folks.
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
You think you’re so smart
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
Please enlighten me as to why you believe the Singularity is among us.
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u/Its_XLR8 1d ago
God, we really have been brigaded by decels and denialists…
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
I simply asked for information regarding his stance. He states something so wildly abstract and provides absolutely no basis that supports his claim.
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u/cloudrunner6969 Acceleration: Supersonic 1d ago
The obvious rapid advancement in AI and digital technology is the reasoning that supports their claim.
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
Right. But where is the actual proof of the pudding that shows clear signs of Recursive Self Improvement.
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u/Forsaken-Factor-489 1d ago
It's a simple trendline. It's exponential. You don't get it because you're dumb
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
Another baseless claim. You hide your ignorance behind insults.
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u/Forsaken-Factor-489 1d ago
If you're incapable of googling, I completely get why LLMs are too much for you
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
You’re a joke. You provide absolutely no basis for your claims. You cannot make a post like this, declare something as fact, and refuse to give your reasoning when under scrutiny.
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
It’s not necessarily your job, however your credibility is weakened when you refuse to provide reasoning that supports your wild, matter-of-fact assertion.
What is the Singularity, in your opinion?
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u/Forsaken_Guide_4835 1d ago
Please lead me toward articles or papers, or any source for that matter, that factually declares we have achieved RSI.
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u/thebadslime 1d ago
Dude no, full merge will take hundreds of years. Things are going to continue at the rate they have been the past 3 years or so for a good while.
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u/sirwebber 1d ago
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