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Singularity Missed
Every now and then in the discussions of AI/AGI and what not comes the central figure of that entire intellectual movement - Ray Kurzweil. And with him inevitably comes a form of an exponential chart
Basically the curve depicts Moore's law (which is not disputable), with a few additional labels suggesting that a particular computing performance is somehow equivalent to a processing power of brains of various animals. The typical answer to this question is that perhaps the labels should move around on the curve left or right but the sit there somewhere so it's fine, we might be off by a year or two, who cares. Since I want to keep this post short, let's cut straight to the conclusion - this chart alone shows we are off by at least 23 years from original predictions.
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