[ExI] its the singularity i tells ya

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] its the singularity i tells ya

 

On 07/12/2025 00:41, spike wrote:

think of all the money we coulda made, just before the singularity brultally slays humanity.  We coulda died rich.  Such a tragedy!

 

 

-- 
Ben
 
 
Ben, we must always be prepared in case the apocalypse doesn’t happen.  You have heard the prophets crying out: Repent ye, for the end is nigh!  
 
How nigh?  Is it nigher now than we thought it was at its nighest?  If THE END is really less nigh than it appears, we risk repenting unnecessarily.  Perfectly good repentance might go to waste.
 
A prominent congressional representative told us in 2017 that the world will end in 12 years (so just pay for it.)  Most of those 12 years are in the past now.  Are we prepared for what happens if 2030 shows up and the world has not ended?  How can we insure continued survival of humanity, while positioning ourselves for maximum profit?
 
Speaking of which… we are at a critical time in history.  We anticipate the singularity creating unimaginable wealth, and I have little doubt it will do that.  But huge piles of imaginable wealth are imaginable before the singularity.  We have a clear example right here and now: we can see what embedded AI will need.  It will need huge GPU capacity to create AI models, mind-blowing power generation, then enormous amounts of DRAM to carry the AI model around in what is likely to look like humans to some extent.  There are advantages to bipedal motion and general humanoid form in our world.  For example, my favorite Star Wars character, K2SO.  I have worked on an accent like his.  
 
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/K-2SO
 
If we could build a K2SO, with the constant wisecracks and all, oooohhh the money we could make, mercy.
 
K2SO will need GPUs and DRAM.  We already know: the biggest challenge in a building chip fab is in the permitting process, at city, county, state and federal levels.  The current federal executive branch will clear out obstacles in the name of national security, there is so much investment capital coiled up and ready to strike at the right opportunity.  This is it: chip fabs in Nevada, making GPUs and DRAM for K2SOs.   
 
spike
 

 

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