It seems like there's significant overlap between people that are afraid of AI and those that think e^x has a "knee in the curve." It's amazing they're not called out considering "the derivative of e^x is e^x" is memorized by HS calculus students daily.
- [1] Elon Musk https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/702534707464896512?
- [2] Kurzweil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near#Expone...
- [3] Gates apparently endorsed the book: http://www.growth-dynamics.com/articles/kurzweil.htm