why are people so obsessed with 'ai singularity' timelines

[datawrangler92]

tbh like every few months someone drops a new prediction about when ai is gonna hit some magical tipping point and take over the world. half the time its tied to some vaguely cited moores law extrapolation or a graph that looks suspiciously hand-wavy. ive seen threads here get way too deep into debating whether its 2045 or 2060 as if anyone actually knows. ngl its not like weve got a reliable formula for this stuff. even the experts argue over what 'singularity' even means — is it just superintelligence or does it include self-awareness or what. citing kurzweil doesnt make it less speculative idk man i get why its fun to theorize but can we stop acting like these are hard deadlines. tech moves in fits and starts, not clean curves. maybe focus on what we can actually build or regulate now instead of treating this like a sci-fi countdown. (also side note: if youre still citing [that one paper from 2005](https://examplelink.com/oldpaper) as proof, maybe update your reading list)