Mojo ♻️<p>Another breathless puff-piece for the Singularity is near cult — this time from Popular Mechanics. Ray Kurzweil reckons we'll merge with AI by 2045, transcend biology, live forever... etc etc . The same techno prophecy peddled for decades, repackaged as inevitability.<br>Meanwhile, the real threats of AI, mass surveillance, algorithmic control, synthetic media, weaponised misinformation aren't mentioned.<br>This isn’t a prophecy. It's a billionaire's fantasy masquerading as science.<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/singularity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singularity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/kurzweil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kurzweil</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/futureshock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futureshock</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/neuralink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuralink</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65253231/2045-singularity-ray-kurzweil-prediction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">popularmechanics.com/science/a</span><span class="invisible">65253231/2045-singularity-ray-kurzweil-prediction/</span></a></p>