The singularity isn't a scientific prediction. It's an ideology, one that 
conveniently serves the economic interests of the people building the 
technology, by naturalizing the concentration of power while foreclosing 
democratic accountability. Behind the theology of acceleration lies a very 
old story about who owns what.

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A critical examination of the technological singularity narrative, arguing it is more ideological than scientific. Drawing on neuroscience (Damasio, Barrett), philosophy of mind (4E cognition), and political economy (Pasquinelli's analysis of AI as enclosed collective labor), the piece contends that the singularity framing naturalizes the concentration of power in a few private actors while foreclosing democratic accountability. The AI development race is compared structurally to the Cold War nuclear arms race via Dr. Strangelove, where rational actors following self-interest produce collectively catastrophic outcomes. The hopeful counterpoint is that the same human capacities the singularity framework dismisses — embodied relationships, emotional intelligence, social trust, institutional continuity — are precisely what enabled nuclear arms control, and may yet enable meaningful AI governance.

The Reality Behind the Singularity — Startup Patterns