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danaristoday at 6:42 AM0 repliesview on HN

This article posits "recursive self-improvement"—which is just a more-technical name for the supposed Singularity.

There is no evidence that we are currently on a path that leads to the Singularity.

There is not yet any evidence that the Singularity is more than science fiction.

It is effectively an article of religion—the Rapture, but for techbros. Indeed, it is what some of them are pinning all their hopes on; after all, if they can recursively-self-improve their way to artificial superintelligence, then and only then could the absurd investments of companies like OpenAI actually prove worthwhile.