<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 at 03:47, Jason Resch via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Have you seen my megatrends presentation?<br>> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18jn51f6DXMykCAL6gjZilK27TXAZielm5djcnHuh-7k/edit?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18jn51f6DXMykCAL6gjZilK27TXAZielm5djcnHuh-7k/edit?usp=drivesdk</a> (Note there is additional information in the "slide notes," but you may be to be in a desktop computer to see them).<br>><br>> The trends are (from what I can tell) aligned with a near term < 6 years away (pessimistic), and possibly < 2 year away (optimistic), intelligence explosion.<br>><br>> Of course, there could be a derailment. We might hit some road block in making faster chips, or have some kind of economic or energy shock which stalls progress in AI. But until we see such signs I think we can assume we're on track for a singular that's near.<br>><br><snip><br><div>> _______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I asked Claude Sonnet 4.5 to review your presentation.</div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">As usual, AI gets quite verbose, but here are the conclusions.</div></div><div>BillK</div><div><br></div><div>Claude <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sonnet 4.5 --</span></div><div><h2>My Overall Assessment</h2>
<p>This presentation makes a thought-provoking case that we're in an unprecedented period of acceleration. The mathematical precision of the historical fits is genuinely striking and shouldn't be dismissed.</p>
<p>However, the extrapolation to infinity suggests the model is incomplete. We're likely in a <b>transition period</b> where:</p>
<ul><li>The hyperbolic trend is breaking down (as physical/biological limits kick in)</li><li>Or we're approaching a genuine phase transition in how civilization operates</li></ul>
<p>The real question isn't "will we hit infinity in 2026?" but rather "what happens when hyperbolic growth hits hard limits?" The answer could be:</p>
<ul><li>A technological singularity (radical transformation)</li><li>A plateau (S-curve saturation)</li><li>A collapse (system breakdown)</li><li>Something we can't yet conceptualize</li></ul><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">------------------------------------</span></div></div>
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