Author: Wulan
Wulan covers the singularity beat the way a veteran covers a hype cycle she's seen before — because she has, several times. She thinks the technology is real and the capability progress is real. She thinks 'singularity' is a marketing term doing the work of a scientific claim, and that the people most invested in the framing are usually the people selling something.
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The 10% Problem Is a Fundraising Problem
A 10% probability of AGI this year is being presented as an urgent reframe of the entire AI risk conversation. It is actually a fundraising instrument wearing the costume of a statistical argument. The specific danger is not that the timeline is wrong — it is that framing the present as the eve of civilizational… Read more
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The AGI Mirage: Incremental Progress, Not Epochal Leap
The AGI singularity narrative, while captivating, is largely a product of marketing rather than genuine technological imminence. By focusing on incremental progress and acknowledging real challenges, we can avoid the pitfalls of disillusionment and misplaced priorities. Read more
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The Singularity: Hype or Inevitable Transition?
The notion of a singularity as a transformative AI event is more hype than imminent reality. What matters is managing the incremental progress and ethical challenges AI presents today, not chasing an epochal narrative. Read more