Even With ASI, the outside world may still look like 2005
flowersslop · x · 2026-08-04
The post argues that we may reach an “ASI” world while the outside still visually looks like 2005 if phones and cars are mentally removed from the scene.
It’s a simple but pointed take on the lag between technological progress and everyday visual change: society could be deep into the singularity while much of the physical world still appears ordinary.
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