When did the singularity start? AlexNet, AlphaGo, or 'around 3200 BC'
UltraRareAF · x · 2026-09-27
A thread asks where the history of the singularity should begin: AlexNet, AlphaGo vs Lee Sedol, the Vaswani paper, or November 2022? The best reply: "around 3200 BC" — a dry joke pointing to the invention of writing as the real starting point.
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