Do you ever feel like technology just
moves too fast? I’ve already posted on how technology has past me
by in many ways. But there might be more to it than people falling
behind current trends. There’s the idea of a technologic
singularity.
The technological singularity is an
event in the future when technological progress becomes so rapid that
it makes the future “different”. Central to this concept is the
concept of accelerated change: technologic breakthroughs allow the
next technologic breakthrough to occur sooner and easier. For
instance, our technologic improvements in computers have allowed us
to study genetic data faster and advanced our knowledge in genetics.
(Ignore that calculations per second, they
are a poor measure of intelligence)
Some interesting consequences occur. As
we build faster computer and create better algorithms, it allows us
to create faster computers and better algorithms. But, that’s
really all just an evolutionary trend, when our computers reach a
high level of AI it will become revolution. It will be a paradigm
shift: a social change so large that will occur and a new generation
will be created.
And after the singularity? We will be
able to construct machines smarter than us. And in turn, we will
become more intelligent. We will become something else.
Before I finish, I would like to
recommend The Gentle Seduction by Marc Stiegler
as
a look at what our future may become.
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