<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 2:08 AM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 6:14 AM spike jones via extropy-chat<br>
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> We might be stuck with defining the singularity as a year when a billion humans perish.<br>
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> Wow that’s dark. Suggestions please?<br>
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How about defining the singularity as the year the death rate falls to<br>
near zero?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's the way I've always defined it.</div><div>I've created a<a href="https://canonizer.com/topic/1596-What-is-your-definition-of-the-Singularity/2-The-year-the-death-rate-falls-to-near-zero?is_tree_open=0"> petition camp exactly for defining the singularity with this as the camp name</a> for those who like to do more than just bleat and tweet.</div><div>Have you guys seen Ray Kurzweil lately? He and I aren't getting any younger.</div><div>So to me, anything like "mathematical AGI" isn't worth a whole lot compared to when people start getting obviously younger.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>