this hypothetical moment of an intelligence explosion, a point-of-no-return, at which AI will decisively surpass human intelligence, rendering the human species as we know it obsolete, if not actually extinct.[^3] Its foremost advocate, Kur…that we arrive at the point of raising the question how to make the One into something that holds up, that is, that is counted without being. Mathematization alone reaches a real [...] a real that has nothing to do with what traditional kno…
Yuval Noah Harari
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Harari appears primarily as a passing reference within broader discussions of technological singularity and existential risk rather than as a central theoretical voice in the course readings. The excerpts provided do not directly feature his arguments, though his work on how narratives and fictions structure human civilization would be relevant to examining how singularitarian discourse functions as a modern mythology shaping AI discourse. His absence from these particular citations suggests the course is grounded more in technical and philosophical frameworks than in the popular science narratives he's known for synthesizing.
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