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A LessWrong post titled 'The Anti-Singularity' explores concepts challenging or redefining the traditional technological singularity hypothesis.

The singularity is a world where a single super-intelligent AI brings order to the universe. The anti-singularity is where almost all systems are described by a complex set of interactions that can only be understood via trial-and-error. In an anti-singularity world, the fact that AI can try millions of possibilities in the time it takes for a human to try one will make it exceedingly powerful. This future is filled with an endless series of new and unique challenges that we will have to adapt, or evolve, in response to.
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# The Anti-Singularity — LessWrong Source: [https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/k3XHZ4DjykLSfsnks/the-anti-singularity](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/k3XHZ4DjykLSfsnks/the-anti-singularity) x The Anti\-Singularity — LessWrong

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