What observable evidence would actually convince you the AI singularity has begun?
Aevan10 · reddit · 2026-10-19
A Reddit discussion asks: how would we recognize the singularity if it had already started? The author argues benchmarks, job displacement, or even major scientific discoveries wouldn't necessarily qualify — the more meaningful threshold is AI driving improvements in AI itself, beyond our ability to predict or direct. Open questions remain: must improvements accelerate? Must they happen without substantial human intervention? And we might only recognize the transition retrospectively. The post solicits concrete, observable criteria.
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