June 03 2008 / by memebox
Category: Technology Year: Beyond Rating: 5 Hot
So, will the singularity save us
from ourselves?
This was the question we posed at the conclusion of Al
Fin ’s 
excellent post titled “Can
the Singularity Save Us From Ourselves?“
While just about half of the Future Blogger poll respondents
answered that it’s to early to hazard a guess, it’s interesting to
note that 2/3 of the remaining half believe that, yes, the
singularity will serve as our savior, just as 1/3 think it will
not. In other words, a significant amount of readers believe, as do
futurists like Ray Kurzweil, that
the
runaway exponential growth of technology, information and
intelligence will trump war and man-made disasters as we venture
further into the acceleration era.
Whether an educated guess, an underlying
faith, or a mix of the two, the sentiment is significant in and
of itself as an indicator of the human reaction to our rapidly
changing environment. However it plays out, it’s clear that the
notion of a positive-outcome singularity continues to pick up
meme-steam, which means that we should expect the idea of the
singularity to continue spreading to brains all across the globe,
especially as cognizance of acceleration increases.
To add your answer to the poll go
here.
Also be sure to check out
Will’s great response to Al Fin’s initial post.
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