The 'Crisis of Noosphere' as a Limiting Factor to Achieve the Point of Technological Singularity

Rafael Lahoz-Beltra ()
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Rafael Lahoz-Beltra: Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Madrid, Spain

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems - scientific journal, 2018, vol. 16, issue 1, 92-109

Abstract: One of the most significant developments in the history of human being is the invention of a way of keeping records of human knowledge, thoughts and ideas. In 1926, the work of several thinkers such as Edouard Le Roy, Vladimir Vernadsky and Teilhard de Chardin led to the concept of noosphere, the idea that human cognition and knowledge transforms the biosphere into something like a thinking layer of the planet. At present, it is commonly accepted by some thinkers that the Internet is the medium that will give life to noosphere. According to Vinge and Kurzweil's technological singularity hypothesis, noosphere would in a future be the natural environment in which a 'human machine superintelligence' would emerge to reach the point of technological singularity. In this article we show by means of numerical models that it is impossible for our civilization to reach the point of technological singularity in a near future. We propose that this point could be reached only if Internet data centers were based on "computer machines" that are more effective in terms of hardware and power consumption than the current ones. Finally, we speculate about 'Nooscomputers' or N computers, as hypothetical machines oriented not only to the management of information, but also knowledge, and much more efficient in terms of electricity consumption than current computers. Possibly a civilization based on N-computers would allow us to successfully reach the point of technological singularity.

Keywords: noosphere; technological singularity; omega point; energy consumption; Malthusian growth model; S-curve; N-computer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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