Where Are the AI Skeptics Who Called the Singularity a Bubble in 2021?
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-08
The author recalls a heated 2021 forum debate with a mathematician. Based on the capabilities of GPT-3 and Chinchilla, the author predicted an AI singularity in the late 2020s, while the opponent insisted it was merely a tech bubble and dismissed the idea as 'schizo.'
With the continuous breakthroughs in LLM capabilities recently, the author wonders how that staunch AI skeptic is doing now.
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