Jack Clark defines the singularity: tech progress now outpaces human comprehension
ricklamers · x · 2026-11-12
Jack Clark (OpenAI co-founder) offers a fresh definition: we are in the early stages of the singularity, defined as the period when the rate of technological and scientific progress exceeds the rate at which humans can parse out and make sense of it. Rick Lamers shares it as an AGI framing he hadn't seen before but found more compelling than expected.
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