https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwawaylolllmHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:06:33 +0000It's my belief (and I'm far from the only person who thinks this) that many AI optimists are motivated by an essentially religious belief that you could call Singularitarianism. So "wishful thinking" would be one answer. This document would then be the rough equivalent of a Christian fundamentalist outlining, on the basis of tangentially related news stories, how the Second Coming will come to pass in the next few years.

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