The singularity will be missed because people expect a polite machine
Poll_Hardy · reddit · 2026-08-04
This essay argues that tech people will miss the singularity because they expect AGI to arrive as a sterile, polite optimization machine. The author claims real autonomous intelligence will look messy, territorial and self-protective, not like a perfectly helpful assistant.
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