From science fiction to science facts: understanding the technological singularity

Cybernetics, slime molds and the ultimate physical limits of AI

This short essay follows a previous one about the hype around emergent abilities in AI-powered systems, such as large language models. With the present one, I would like to discuss about another highly debated (potential) effect of emergent abilities in AI systems: the technological singularity.

It is a fascinating concept, triggering the attention of sc…