Disruptional Singularity Versus Technological Singularity by Mr. Andres Agostini: The Consequences of Universal Corruption

The Disruptional Singularity by Present Universal Corruption by Public and Private Office Leaders. Originally published by Mr. Andres Agostini, its original author in October 2007.


The Disruptional Singularity Versus The Technological Singularity! By Mr. Andres Agostini at www.linkedin.com/in/AndresAgostini


The Disruptional Singularity argues that, beyond the advancement and progression of the exponential technologies via the Technological Singularity, our Present is most threatened by universal violation of ethics by incumbents in public and private office, especially in most nations of the developed world.


To this end:


Oxford University's Faculty of Philosophy Professor Nick Bostrom PhD. on the Disruptional Singularity:

“... Because of accelerating technological progress [, given the great advancement of hard sciences of exactness,], humankind may be rapidly [or better yet: with absolute guarantee] approaching a critical phase in its career. In addition to well-known [humanly induced] threats [, a multitude of black swans unmanaged,] such as nuclear holocaust, the prospects of radically transforming [and exponential] technologies like nanotech systems and machine intelligence present us with unprecedented opportunities [positive dangers and upside futures] and risks [negative dangers and downside futures]. Our future [right now, and the future of our children and grandchildren], and whether we will have a future at all [that is to mean: if we humans preemptively destroy black swans to preclude the Disruptional Singularity that precludes the Technological Singularity], may well be determined by how we deal [as we are 95% engaged in worshiping black swans] with these challenges [that have a huge outright potential for Disruptional Singularity only if we get our acts together, beforehand]. In the case of radically transforming technologies, a better understanding of the transition dynamics from a human to a '...posthuman ...' [understating that posthuman is an euphemisms to (a) Transbiologicals and (b) Trans-exobiologicals] society is needed. Of particular [sine qua non] importance is to know [and execute] where the pitfalls [mostly: black swans permitted] are: the ways in which things [absence of will and intelligence to secure Disruptional Singularitys] could go terminally wrong [and, hence, bestowing Apocalypse]. While we have had long exposure to various personal, local, and endurable global hazards [given our lack of will to manage what we readily know], this paper analyzes a recently emerging category: that of existential risks [better embodied by the Disruptional Singularity]. These are threats [better known as black swans] that could cause our extinction or destroy the potential of Earth-originating intelligent life. Some of these threats are relatively well known while others, including some of the gravest, have gone almost unrecognized [the almost unrecognized are so only the philosophers, not true rocket scientists]. Existential risks have a cluster of features that make ordinary risk management ineffective. A final section of this paper discusses several ethical and policy implications. A clearer understanding [and, especially, management] of the threat [black swan] picture will enable us to formulate better [Disruptional Singularity] strategies ...” Brackets are of the author.

AND IN ADDITION:

Question: A Counterpoint to the Technological Singularity?

Douglas Hofstadter, a professor of cognitive science at Indiana University, indicated about The Singularity is Near Book (ISBN: 978-0143037880),

“ … A very bizarre mixture of ideas that are solid and good with ideas that are crazy. It’s as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can’t possibly figure out what’s good or bad ...”

AND FOR INSTANCE:

“... Technology is the savior for everything. That’s the point of this course. Technology is accelerating, everything is going to