Against the singularity hypothesis
A working paper by David Thorstad, Global Priorities Institute, dated November 2022. Date printed on the GPI working paper.
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- Against the singularity hypothesis Global Priorities Institute, Working Paper No. 19-2022 (later published in Philosophical Studies) · published 2022-11 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 305984d0cbe86ec0f82ae081d2cfa41930e3f42f3f4352692637cd07210b1fc4). GPI working paper PDF dated November 2022; the journal version was not compared.
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- The Singularity: A Philosophical AnalysisThorstad's working paper of November 2022 replies to Chalmers's paper of 2010, which it names and discusses in its Section 4.2022-11 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis: document page →
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- Fast or hard takeoffThorstad's working paper of November 2022 argues that the singularity hypothesis, on which self-improving agents quickly become orders of magnitude more intelligent than humans, rests on implausible growth assumptions, and that the defences by Chalmers (2010) and Bostrom (2014) do not overcome the case against it.2022-11 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Fast or hard takeoff: propositions page →
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