Yes, I’m an academic and I get a similar reaction from telling people I study the Singularity as when I say I’ve signed up for cryonics. Thankfully, I have tenure.
Do you actually say you “study the singularity” or give a more in depth explanation? I ask because the word study is usually used only in reference to things that do or have exisited, rather than to speculative future events.
Yes, I’m an academic and I get a similar reaction from telling people I study the Singularity as when I say I’ve signed up for cryonics. Thankfully, I have tenure.
What happens when you say, “I study the economic implications of advanced artificial inteligence,” to people?
I don’t phrase it this way.
Do you actually say you “study the singularity” or give a more in depth explanation? I ask because the word study is usually used only in reference to things that do or have exisited, rather than to speculative future events.
I go into more depth, especially when I (unsuccessfully) came up for promotion for full professor.