AI And The Singularity: A Fallacy Or A Great Opportunity

Abstract

The essays that we have collected address the question of whether the technological singularity—the notion that AI-based computers can exceed human intelligence—is a fallacy or a great opportunity. To address this question, we have invited a group of scholars whose positions on the singularity range from advocates to skeptics. No conclusion can be reached, as the development of artificial intelligence is still in its infancy, and there is much wishful thinking and imagination in this issue rather than trustworthy data. The reader will find a cogent summary of the issues faced by researchers who are working to develop the field of artificial intelligence and, in particular, artificial general intelligence. The only conclusion that can be reached is that there exists a variety of well-argued positions as to where AI research is headed.