Dev pushes back on Economist singularity essay: industry stuck at transformer ceiling for two years
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-04
Replying to The Economist's singularity essay, developer Gerard Sans argues that "Recursive Self-Improvement is just another empty term that follows AGI and ASI," claiming the industry has been stuck for the past two years struggling to break through the ceiling of the transformer paradigm — a common skeptical counterpoint to singularity narratives.
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