I'm starting to think singularitanism on its own is a cognitohazard and you don't need to add anything extra in there. if you convince people there will likely be a singularity, many of them will just fucking lose their minds completely, no genetic predisposition to psychosis required.

Can’t recommend logging off and writing someone. its scary to step out of your comfort zone but i can promise you its something you’ll be thankful you did.

Since it resonated with the audience, I’ll recap my main argument against AGI here. ‘General intelligence’ is like phlogiston, or the aether. It’s an outmoded scientific concept that does not refer to anything real. Any explanatory work it did can be done better by a richer scientific frame. 1/3