[Linkpost] “Rebooting the Singularity” by cdkg

This is a link post. Tom Davidson from Forethought Research and I have a new paper responding to some recent skeptical takes on the Singularity Hypothesis (e.g. this one). Roughly half the paper is philosophical and the other half is empirical. Both halves argue that we should take the Singularity Hypothesis more seriously than many people have been taking it of late. I'm sharing this with the community here because (i) I think it will be of general interest, and (ii) this is a project I'm still working on, and I would appreciate feedback from the community. Here's the abstract: The singularity hypothesis posits a period of rapid technological progress following the point at which AI systems become able to contribute to AI research. Recent philosophical criticisms of the singularity hypothesis offer a range of theoretical and empirical arguments against the possibility or likelihood of such a period of [...] --- First published: July 16th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/AwJbvANYabeFgqkpH/rebooting-the-singularity Linkpost URL:https://philpapers.org/archive/KIRRTS-2.pdf --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.