>>14275767There will be a very small number of people, probably fewer than 20, who achieve true synthesis with the Machine.
Around the turn of the century, their exponentially-expanding spheres of influence will clash and turn this solar system into a warzone that's fully incomprehensible to the human mind. When the last handful of players in this war come to terms, they'll depart for interstellar space, each on their own path. The survivors of humanity- likely 20% or less of the prewar population- will inherit a solar system full of technology they don't understand and a very valuable lesson about the dangers of AI.
That's what the singularity is going to look like.
