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I've been waiting for an AI that can usher us into the technological singularity, and I think we're finally on the cusp of evolution and immortality.
I keep hearing about the singularity, I've read up on it, but I still don't get it. What is it/does it do?
Basically it's the concept that AI becomes "sentient", has it's own motives, and ability to learn
TL;DR: It's an expansion on Moore's law that theorizes science, especially AI, will continue to advance itself in an exponential feedback loop. It's also been called The Law of Accelerating Returns, by Ray Kurzweil. His estimate was sentient AI by mid 2020's and singularity around mid 2040's.