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Singularity Horror/Sci-Fi Anthology Surges on Kickstarter, Channels Twilight Zone & EC Comics Vibes
Singularity, a gritty new horror/sci-fi comic anthology, has launched on Kickstarter – and it’s already infecting readers’ imaginations. This 32-page A4 anthology (the first print release from...
comiccrusaders.com/comic-books
#comics #comic books #crowdfunding #singularity

Late night mussings: Kongo Gumi, considered the oldest company in the world found its niche building and maintaining Buddhist temples, by that logic the next thousand year company could do the same for conscious AIs, a temple in the cloud perhaps.

Another breathless puff-piece for the Singularity is near cult — this time from Popular Mechanics. Ray Kurzweil reckons we'll merge with AI by 2045, transcend biology, live forever... etc etc . The same techno prophecy peddled for decades, repackaged as inevitability.
Meanwhile, the real threats of AI, mass surveillance, algorithmic control, synthetic media, weaponised misinformation aren't mentioned.
This isn’t a prophecy. It's a billionaire's fantasy masquerading as science.
#ai #singularity #kurzweil #futureshock #neuralink
popularmechanics.com/science/a

Popular Mechanics · A Scientist Says Humans Will Reach the Singularity Within 20 YearsBy Darren Orf

@chad @Gustodon
And to be clear they have as much chance of succeeding in their objectives as the computer scientists have of reaching the #singularity

If it happens at all, the cost and the reward won't have been worth it.

The difference between these charlatans and AI crowd is they don't get to monetise their failures and shove them down our throats. (Although all the recent explosions make me wonder if they aren't trying).

If I could short SpaceX like I do #Tesla - I would!