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		J5892 on Jan 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Ray Kurzweil’s 1998 predictions about 2019 are... It's a religion based on the idea that technology will advance fast enough to make its followers immortal before they die.

mads_ravn on Jan 2, 2021 | [–]

I remember reading “The Age of Spiritual Machines” and the “events vs time” plot (criticized below)

https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-singularity/

was the calling bullshit moment for me [1]. It is a nice thought though - if we just wait then technology solves all of our problems.

[1] https://www.callingbullshit.org/

will_pseudonym on Jan 2, 2021 | [–]

or fear of Roko's Basilisk [0]

[0] https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/rokos-basilisk

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