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When Everything Spaghettifies
Could ideological polarization, gender divides, and wealth disparity signal that the singularity is near?
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The challenge that artificial intelligence presents is not only that our machines may outsmart us but that they may give rise to a “technological singularity.” The singularity would be a point in time where the advancement of technology becomes impossible to reverse, predict, or control. It parallels another singularity found in nature: black holes. Like a black hole, the closer we inch to the event horizon, the “weirder” things become. Could this era of rising wealth disparity, growing gender divides, and “alternative facts,” be signs that we are approaching an “event horizon?”
Stars die when their fusion activity can no longer counteract their gravity. If a star is massive enough, it collapses in on itself with such force that its protons and electrons merge into pure neutrons….creating an unfathomably dense “neutron star.” A neutron star is so dense, in fact…
