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re: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that AI singularity has arrived

Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:25 pm to
Posted by Joshjrn
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:25 pm to
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No. It is the point where AI becomes much smarter than humans

That's more the outcome than the definition. "The Singularity" is the moment in which AI is capable of creating iterational improvements to itself. That first iteration doesn't actually have to be any smarter than humans. But, because AI can work focused, nonstop, in a way that humans can't, once an AI is capable of intelligently and intentionally improving itself, it will become much smarter than humans at some point in the future. Further, at some point, humans will no longer be able to comprehend the technology they rely on. But again, that's the outcome of the Singularity, not the Singularity itself.
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 1:26 pm
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:33 pm to
Still terrifying
Posted by Mlear
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:37 pm to
did he say it with tons of vocal fry sounding like a dumb chick?
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
38425 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:37 pm to
I will be honest, im more interested in the small lightweight personal aircraft and how that factors into transportation in the future.

are we the jetsons? or are we crashing quadcopters all over the place

and as these things become more prevalent and available does that drive the top 20% to further separate from the bottom 80%? even if its 70/30

if one can get to the city without having to deal with traffic and very very quickly, that is gone to accelerate white flight like we have not seen since the 70s.


If those become things, you see really really nice subdivisions plus golf courses start popping up away from cities, kind of in the middle of no where possibly

also removes limits on how realistically close you need to be to the workplace. one could live in Lake Charles and work in Baton Rouge or Houston for example. or wouldnt be the ordeal it is today for someone in Ascension parish to work on the other side of the river.


are they self driving with Ai or what? lots of questions
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 1:38 pm
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
33263 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:53 pm to
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Still terrifying

I agree; be glad that we are nowhere close to the Singularity, contrary to the protestations of Mr. Altman
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
33263 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

I will be honest, im more interested in the small lightweight personal aircraft and how that factors into transportation in the future.

are we the jetsons? or are we crashing quadcopters all over the place

and as these things become more prevalent and available does that drive the top 20% to further separate from the bottom 80%? even if its 70/30

if one can get to the city without having to deal with traffic and very very quickly, that is gone to accelerate white flight like we have not seen since the 70s.


If those become things, you see really really nice subdivisions plus golf courses start popping up away from cities, kind of in the middle of no where possibly

also removes limits on how realistically close you need to be to the workplace. one could live in Lake Charles and work in Baton Rouge or Houston for example. or wouldnt be the ordeal it is today for someone in Ascension parish to work on the other side of the river.


are they self driving with Ai or what? lots of questions

I can't fathom our allowing small private aircraft without regulating them within an inch of their lives. With that said, your super-suburb paradigm is still easily attainable with extremely heavily regulated personal aircraft. Even if they weren't legal for private personal ownership and had to follow specific corridors, it would still be utterly world changing.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66353 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:11 pm to
All sounds good in theory. But what will people do with their time?

Lake gonna get crowded as frick
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
38425 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:02 pm to
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it would still be utterly world changing.


well if they are all AI driven...i would imagine it would be preprogrammed with some type of Nav software that keeps it under certain elevation, away from certain zones due to aircraft, keeps it at a certain elevation too etc

quote:

super-suburb paradigm


yea this is how i see it.

for example someone that can afford it and it was within a 20-30 min flite time would love to live at the beach or along water or in some super suburb away from all crime
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3395 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:09 pm to
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“I’ve been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it’s going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for the world," Altman added.


Science fiction is exactly that, fiction, but basically every single scenario where singularity has been portrayed has played out to be exclusively negative for humankind
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