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The Singularity May Be Near

📅 2017
technical research breakthrough
⚪ Common

📖 Description

The Singularity May Be Near Roman V. Yampolskiy Computer Engineering and Computer Science Speed School of Engineering University of Louisville [email address redacted] Abstract Toby Walsh in ?The Singularity May Never B e Near ? gives six arguments to support his point of view that technological singularity may happen but that it is unlikely. I n this paper, we provide analysis of each one of his arguments and arrive at similar conclusion s, but with more weight given to the ? likely to happen? probability . Keywords: Autogenous intelligence, Bootstrap fallacy ; Recursive self -improvement, self - modifying software, Singularity; 1. Introduction In February of 2016 Toby Walsh presented his paper ?The Singularity May Never B e Near ? at AAAI16 [23], which was archived on February 20, 2016 ( https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.06462 ). In it, Walsh analyzes the concept of technological singularity. He does not argue that AI will fail to ac...

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Research proposed: up Always
Papers proposed: up Always
Vibey Doom proposed: up Always

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