Fin Moorhouse: lags and frictions delay the singularity, they don't prevent it
finmoorhouse · x · 2026-11-10
Fin Moorhouse distinguishes two kinds of singularity skepticism: lags from adoption/diffusion and proportional frictions only postpone a hyperbolic post-AGI growth blowup (illustrated with Later/Longer, Lower, Never curves), while truly denying a singularity requires arguing growth stops accelerating before it becomes extreme. He finds that reasonable but worries the two skepticisms get blurred — and whether we get a singularity matters more than its timing.
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