Experts still disagree after Sam Altman says the singularity has arrived
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-07-28
Experts push back on Sam Altman’s claim that the singularity is here
A Business Insider piece says the debate over whether AI has reached the singularity is still far from settled. The article notes that:
- Sam Altman recently said the singularity has arrived
- Elon Musk had already posted that the singularity had arrived
- Demis Hassabis said in May that humanity is at the “foothills of the singularity”
The piece frames the term as a point where AI can improve itself so fast that humans can no longer reliably understand or control what happens next, and points out that other major tech leaders have not publicly rallied behind Altman’s statement.
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