singularity

artwork: google will eat itself

Acid is playing at my house. Somehow, more than 15 years later, it is more appropriate than ever. Perhaps it’s the coming technological singularity. Often shortened to “the Singularity,” it refers to “predicted future event believed to precede immense technological progress in an unprecedentedly brief time.” Ray Kuzweil (who I incidentally saw speak not too long ago, and who was somewhat disappointedly coherent) apparently believes that it is coming in 2045, with the exponential growth of technological progress in the 21st century as a precursor to the big event. Superhuman intelligence, according to Kurzweil, will be the key to the exponential pattern of human technological development. Who knows, it could even be as soon as 2012.

Or maybe it’s already happening and we just are too blind to see it. If 2012 is really it, then we don’t have much time left to reminisce about all the acid house and rave that made up my current favorite week of Electroclass, taught by the infinitely knowledgeable Wayne and Wax. With groups like Altern 8 that have shaped the course of electronic music as we know it (just ask Tiga, Soulwax, or SMD for example), it’s no surprise that this all emerged alongside the advent of the world wide web. And apparently Joey Beltram was only 18 when he made Energy Flash. Got that on your graph Kurzweil?

Altern 8 - Infiltrate 202 (Beltram Remix) (Hmm..why not Infiltr-8?)

808 State - Pacific State