Bright Eyes’ new (2011) single, ‘Singularity’, is maybe the best song ever about the Singularity. It’s a catchy electro-pop refrain.
Lyrics:
Learning on the fly How to gather and analyze Nothing is living if nothing dies What an exception to make Roundly rejecting our faith
When singularity comes We will be fully revealed Wandering limitless fields
When singularity comes We will be abstraction then We will buried within All will be balanced We will be one
Now we’re on our way All of our instincts accelerate Nothing you imagine could keep this pace We will know freedom at last Finally make up for the past
When singularity comes We will be faster than light Whistling, skipping through time
When singularity comes We will be children again We will be cradled within We will be perfect We will be one
When singularity comes
Living in one mind Every pin drop is amplified Every outcome before its tried Will make a rag doll of God Wind up our new music box
When singularity comes We will be fully revealed Wandering limitless fields
When singularity comes We’ll be completely awake Neophyte make no mistake We’re in this together We will be one
I don’t know if you’re familiar with the theory of singularity. This guy, Ray Kurzweil, who was the inventor of early synthesizers, he has this theory—a few other people write about it too—but essentially there’s a point where artificial intelligence reaches beyond human intelligence and we fuse in with the internet and become what he calls “spiritual machines.” Essentially, you stop having to die and stop having to eat. Our physical form is no longer important because you’re able to maintain your consciousness by uploading it to the next frame, which sounds spooky and weird but I think it’s 100% achievable, especially when you think about how fast new machines invent newer machines, which invent the newer machines. It’s exponential growth. A person doesn’t have to sit down and invent every one of these steps. His vision is really utopian, like this is the way forward. Humans, we’re obviously going to destroy our planet and destroy our physical form, but we’ll continue in this way.
new Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst) single ‘Singularity’
Bright Eyes’ new (2011) single, ‘Singularity’, is maybe the best song ever about the Singularity. It’s a catchy electro-pop refrain.
Lyrics:
Oberst’s comments on the song:
Hat tip to Kevin.