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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 a 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.