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From: Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm>
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Subject: The singularity is at the end of the rainbow
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 01:06:44 +0100
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How it started:

 > We are the last.
 > The last generation to be unaugmented.
 > The last generation to be intellectually alone.
 > The last generation to be limited by our bodies.
 >
 > We are the first.
 > The first generation to be augmented.
 > The first generation to be intellectually together.
 > The first generation to be limited only by our imaginations.

How its going:

 > The current discourse around AI and computation seems
 > to be shifting from the singularity (a hypothetical
 > moment when AI surpasses human intelligence in all
 > areas) to breaking computational and conceptual
 > walls—addressing the limits and bottlenecks that
 > arise in computational and cognitive systems.
 >
 > Herbert Simon’s work on bounded rationality
 > acknowledges that human decision-making is constrained
 > by cognitive limits. In AI, we're now grappling with
 > these conceptual walls—AI has its own limits based
 > on algorithms, models, and theoretical understanding
 > of computation.
 >
 > Even with novel algorithms, some fundamental barriers
 > remain due to the intrinsic hardness of certain problems.
 > This could be because of lower bounds on algorithmic
 > complexity or because the problem requires exponential
 > time to solve, regardless of how you design
 > the algorithm.