Singularity to Polysingularity: Evolutionary Approach
2 likes1,423 views
The document discusses the influence of digital technology, particularly the 'cloud', on human cognition and societal interactions, emphasizing self-reinforcing feedback loops and filter bubbles created by algorithms. It critiques the idea of a singularity as a panacea for human limitations and proposes the concept of 'polysingularity' that values heterogeneity and constant renewal in technology. The author calls for a reevaluation of technological advancement to promote diversity and adaptability in a world increasingly dominated by digital systems.
![@noduslabs
– Ray Kurzweil
futurist, proponent of singularity
head of engineering at Google
“Singularity will allow us to transcend limitations of our biological bodies
and brains...There will be no distinction, post-Singularity, between human and
machine. […] We will be able to assume different bodies and take on a
range of personae at will. In practical terms, human ageing and illness will be
reversed; pollution will be stopped; world hunger and poverty will be
solved. Nanotechnology will make it possible to create virtually any physical
product using inexpensive information processes and will ultimately turn even
death into a soluble.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/singularitytopolysingularity-republica2015-150507002553-lva1-app6892/85/Singularity-to-Polysingularity-Evolutionary-Approach-23-320.jpg)
Singularity to Polysingularity: Evolutionary Approach
- 1. @noduslabs From Singularity to Polysingularity Evolutionary Approach Dmitry Paranyushkin / Nodus Labs / @noduslabs
- 2. @noduslabs Software developers make implicit and explicit choices about our wants, needs, and desires. These choices define the logic of the interfaces we use, and, in turn, how we connect to others. Therefore, they (the “cloud”) directly affect our life.
- 3. @noduslabs Proposition #1: As we delegate our cognitive and intellectual capacities to the “cloud”, it’s important to know what this cloud is thinking. i.e. its pragmatic and ideological basis
- 4. @noduslabs Part 1: What is the Cloud Thinking? A (Brief) Psychoanalysis of Digital Technology
- 5. @noduslabs 1. Self-Reinforcing Feedback Loops Most digital tools today tend to amplify things that already receive attention and exclude those that don’t (e.g.“shocking” content, trending topics, etc.) #hashtagyourself – trending
- 6. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence For 1 year I sent photos of the world around myself to Amazon product recommendation system. Here are the answers I received…
- 7. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 8. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 9. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 10. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 11. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 12. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 13. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 14. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 15. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 16. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 17. @noduslabs interviews with artificial artificial intelligence www.iaaibook.com
- 18. @noduslabs 2. Filter Bubbles Recommender systems and algorithms work on the basis of similarity and rational improvement, locking out any content that is different.
- 19. @noduslabs 3. Increased Connectivity Technology becomes invisible and more integrated into the everyday life seamlessly connecting us to each other and to the “cloud”.
- 20. @noduslabs What they offer… • Openness • Connectedness • Sharing • Accessibility What they are after… • Growth • Profit • Dominance
- 21. @noduslabs Socially-minded benevolent neoliberalism? No: Singularity – the pragmatic and ideological driving force of the SiliconValley.
- 22. @noduslabs Singularity Accelerating progress in technologies will transform humanity as we know it. 1900 1950 2000 2029 2050 human intelligence transhuman machine intelligence singularity
- 23. @noduslabs – Ray Kurzweil futurist, proponent of singularity head of engineering at Google “Singularity will allow us to transcend limitations of our biological bodies and brains...There will be no distinction, post-Singularity, between human and machine. […] We will be able to assume different bodies and take on a range of personae at will. In practical terms, human ageing and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped; world hunger and poverty will be solved. Nanotechnology will make it possible to create virtually any physical product using inexpensive information processes and will ultimately turn even death into a soluble.”
- 24. @noduslabs
- 25. @noduslabs apocalypse – a disclosure of knowledge, i.e. a lifting of the veil or revelation.
- 26. @noduslabs Apocalyptic Narratives • Techno-Digital Optimism (Singularity / Posthumanism) • Religious Fundamentalist Nostalgia (restoring the world order) • New Age Sentimentality (merging with nature)
- 27. @noduslabs
- 28. @noduslabs Proposition #2: Let’s conceive of the technological advance without the apocalyptic singularity narrative.
- 29. @noduslabs If we are moving towards a new form of life, what would it be like?
- 30. @noduslabs Part 2: The Workings of Life
- 31. @noduslabs Life maintains itself through evolution. Evolution proceeds through adaptation to the environment.
- 32. @noduslabs • Heterogeneity and difference • Decentralization – multiple centers • Redundancy and diversification • Self-regulatory mechanisms (death as the necessary condition for survival) The basis for adaptability…
- 33. @noduslabs Adaptive Mechanisms of Cells / Self-Regulatory Inhibition of Growth
- 34. @noduslabs Adaptive Mechanisms of the Brain / Distinct Clusters that Connect on the Global Level Small World Networks image by i3mindware.com
- 35. @noduslabs Adaptive Mechanisms of Society / Small World Networks
- 36. @noduslabs Polysingularity: Small-World to Random
- 37. @noduslabs as small-world networks become more randomized, their propagating potential decreases, while their viral potential increases. (Kuperman 2001; Yan et al 2008)
- 38. @noduslabs Homogeneous clusters stay locked into themselves and are only able to connect to the other clusters through big centralised infrastructure hubs operated by big corporations. Google Facebook
- 40. @noduslabs Proposition #3: Let’s consider variability, heterogeneity, and constant renewal as the necessary building blocks for the new form of life.
- 41. @noduslabs Part 3: Bringing Evolutionary Potential Back Into Singularity: Polysingularity
- 42. @noduslabs • Variability and Heterogeneity (connect, but maintain differences) • Irrationality: creative leaps beyond the periphery (connect outside of the bubble) • Constant renewal and regulation of growth (acceptance of death) The Ethics of Polysingularity
- 43. @noduslabs • Irrational Software (adnauseam ad block, Facebook newsfeed block) • Serendipity Recommender Systems (Random) • Social Networks based on Differences (Quora, UN1V3R53) • Distributed systems (Protonet servers, wireless mesh networks) Examples:Technology
- 44. @noduslabs Proposition #4: Everyone is a Special Agent acting through their Special Agency.
- 45. @noduslabs Thank you! Dmitry Paranyushkin Special Agent with Nodus Labs www.noduslabs.com www.polysingularity.com dmitry@noduslabs.com @noduslabs