Will the End of Moore's Law Halt AI Progress?

johnnyb (Slashdot reader #4,816) writes:

Kurzweil's conception of 'The Singularity' has been at the forefront of the media conception of artificial intelligence for many years now. But how close is that to reality? Will AI's be able to design ever-more-powerful AIs? Eric Holloway suggests that the power of AI has been fueled by Moore's law more than AI technology itself, and therefore hitting Moore's Wall will bring AI expansion to a fast halt.
Holloway calls that halt 'peak AI...the point where a return on the investment in AI improvement is not worthwhile.' He argues that humanity will reach that point, 'perhaps soon....'
'So, returning to our original question, whether there is a path to Kurzweil's Singularity, we must conclude from our analysis that no such path exists and that unlimited self-improving AI is impossible.'

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