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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
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A billion fold

2029 is the consistent date I have predicted for when an AI will pass a valid Turing test and therefore achieve human levels of intelligence. I have set the date 2045 for the ‘Singularity’ which is when we will multiply our effective intelligence a billion fold by merging with the intelligence we have created.


Is "a billion fold" as a noun phrase adverbially modifying the verb "multiply"? And could you write some more similar examples?

  

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fire1 Where did you find this paragraph? It doesn't sound right, nor semantically natural. 2029 is the consistent date I have predicted for when an AI will pass a valid Turing test and therefore achieve human levels of intelligence.

  • fire1 Where did you find this paragraph?
  • It doesn't sound right, nor semantically natural.
  • 2029 is the consistent date I have predicted for when an AI will pass a valid Turing test and therefore achieve human levels of intelligence.
  • I have set the date 2045 for the ‘Singularity’ which is when we will multiply our effective intelligence a billion fold by merging with the intelligence we have created.
  • fire1 Is "a billion fold" as a noun phrase adverbially modifying the verb "multiply"?
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fire1 Where did you find this paragraph? It doesn't sound right, nor semantically natural.
2029 is the consistent date I have predicted for when an AI will pass a valid Turing test and therefore achieve human levels of intelligence. I have set the date 2045 for the ‘Singularity’ which is when we will multiply our effective intelligence
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The writer of this passage is not a native English speaker. There are quite a few oddities of language use.

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