Fin Moorhouse: Adoption lags and frictions only delay a post-AGI singularity, not prevent it
finmoorhouse · x · 2026-11-10
Fin Moorhouse argues that under hyperbolic post-AGI growth, fixed delays, fixed-factor slowdowns, and fixed-factor dampeners are mathematically equivalent: they postpone rather than prevent explosive growth. Skeptical arguments about adoption lags and frictions don't undermine the singularity hypothesis, only its timing.
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