# Computer Singularity by 2045?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-singularity-by-2045/571704>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 17, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-singularity-by-2045/571704 "2011-02-17T15:52:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-singularity-by-2045/571704/181 "2011-03-13T15:13:50Z")

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> [@donnie\_darko](#):
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> Only if we use neural net computers. The current computers we use are likely to be dumb no matter how powerful they get.

Just to point it out (if only for your edification), this is clearly false. Specifically:

If something is computable, a Turing machine is capable of computing it. By any definition that allows your statement to make sense to my reading, a “neural net computer” is performing (Turing) computation. The “current computers” – particularly when removing any and all constraints on their power – would be able to perform the same computation.

Thus, “neural net computers” are **not** the “only” way to do it (you’ve not defined exactly what “it” is, so I’m using the pronoun to retain the ambiguity).

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