There is a meme, popular among tech world insiders, that distinguishes between two types of people: wordcels and shape rotators. They are the movers and shakers — the engineers and programmers who congregate in Silicon Valley in hopes of remaking the world. “The Singularity Is Nearer” is daunting to summarize — even for a wordcel like me — because it is so careless and careening. From the first page of “The Singularity Is Nearer,” it is clear that, for Kurzweil, technological problems are the only ones that matter. The Singularity Is NearerWhen We Merge With AIBy Ray Kurzweil

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2024 18:37 UTC