[ExI] what if... the singularity isn't near?

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 6:22 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 05/11/2025 03:39, spike wrote:
>  > or the Singularity depends on technology we don't yet have
>
> Doubtful, but possible, I suppose. In which case, we should all be
> checking our cryonics contracts and/or preparing to survive a very
> disruptive time in which AI-enabled humans are the disruptive force
> (instead of a totally disruptive one due to Generally-Intelligent
> machines).
>

That's what I'm doing.

We also would need to take threats from hostile foreign actors much more
> seriously. At the moment, I'm appalled at the general attitude towards
> threats like communist china, russia and north korea (islam, while
> troubling, probably isn't anywhere near as big a threat). I think we
> have fallen foul of the fact that tolerance, while in general a good
> idea, cannot include tolerance of intolerance. We have been tolerating
> intolerance for too long now, and it's increasingly biting our
> collective arses.
>

Indeed.  Not just in foreign affairs, but domestic too.

>
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