The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday
An essay titled 'The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday' has become the most popular post on Hacker News, garnering over 880 points and 500 comments. The piece, by Camp Pedersen, makes the case — with a mix of humor and serious reflection — that if and when a technological singularity occurs, it will likely happen on an unremarkable weekday rather than as a cinematic, world-stopping event.
The essay explores how profound technological shifts historically arrive gradually and are often not recognized in the moment. The extensive Hacker News discussion touched on AI progress, definitions of the singularity, and philosophical questions about whether humanity would even notice such a threshold being crossed, or whether it would simply feel like another Tuesday.
The essay explores how profound technological shifts historically arrive gradually and are often not recognized in the moment. The extensive Hacker News discussion touched on AI progress, definitions of the singularity, and philosophical questions about whether humanity would even notice such a threshold being crossed, or whether it would simply feel like another Tuesday.