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darwin250036 karma

This depends a lot on whether the genie supplies proofs or just answers.

darwin250019 karma

have the right to make choices in terms of what they eat

Absolutely they do. However, what is the rational for passing a federal labeling requirement for this one specific piece of information, but not having requirements for other pieces of information consumers may care about, such as types of pesticides or fertilizers used, who picked the crops and what their working conditions were like, whether the foods were part of monoculture farming vs cyclic farming practices, or etc.? Why single out this one piece of information over so many others as crucial for the government to force producers to label?

darwin25005 karma

Well, no, that's not the point, because he didn't say any of that, and has given no indication that he understands that argument or how it applies to the larger context of the current state of the economy.

Politicians who don't bother to give real answers to important policy questions don't get the benefit of the doubt.

darwin25001 karma

What is the precise definition of the Singularity? I've seen it talked about in many different ways from different sources. Most seem to relate it somehow to AI and/or transhumanism, but not with any precise metric or criterion.

The definition I've heard that makes the most sense to me is based on the idea that technology has caused the rate of social and cultural change to accelerate in recent centuries/decades, and defines the Singularity as 'the point at which the rate of cultural/societal change becomes infinite, making it impossible to predict what the world will look like afterwards.' Does this match at all with your understanding of the term, or if not, how does your group define it?