He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.
Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.
Peregrine Wickwrackscar was flying. A pilgrim with legends that went back almost a thousand years-and not one of them could come near to this!