Exploring Exponential Growth, Singularity, and Equilibrium

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The chapter delves into the dangers of naive extrapolation based on growth rates, discussing singularity, essential singularity, and the potential for infinite value in finite time. It examines the need for continual innovation to navigate through the singularity and avoid a complete phase transition. The discussion also touches on the evolution of human interactions due to technological advancements, pondering the potential for settling into a new equilibrium post-transition shaped by ongoing technological changes.

Technology is changing the world, in good and bad ways. Artificial intelligence, internet connectivity, biological engineering, and climate change are dramatically altering the parameters of human life. What can we say about how this will extend into the future? Will the pace of change level off, or smoothly continue, or hit a singularity in a finite time? In this informal solo episode, I think through what I believe will be some of the major forces shaping how human life will change over the decades to come, exploring the very real possibility that we will experience a dramatic phase transition into a new kind of equilibrium.

Blog post with transcript and links to additional resources: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/03/25/270-solo-the-coming-transition-in-how-humanity-lives/

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