Sam Altman publishes The Gentle Singularity
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Published The Gentle Singularity — its first sentence says we are already past the event horizon and the takeoff has started. Argued that the singularity will feel impressive but manageable
Why it matters
Reframed singularity discourse from abrupt upheaval to a gradual transition you barely feel. A direct contrast with Amodei's argument for a rapid collapse in employment
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- Previous stop‘Vibe coding’
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- Next stopIn the same interview, Karpathy says nanochat was not built by vibe coding