Interesting. In terms of critical thought, I guess I should mention that I used to be firmly against the possibility of a singularity. The views I shared in my article are views I've only really switched too after careful consideration over the past two years or so -- I used to be convinced that a robot could never be "alive".

Becoming an ML engineer changed things for me, though, because all of a sudden, this "AI" thing people always talked about got demystified. Once I understood the basic guiding principles of how AI actually works, my mind rapidly changed to be in favor of a singularity happening instead of thinking it's impossible.

To each their own, though. I'm curious why you think that speaking about "The" Singularity is a sign of being in a "critical thought free zone"? I'd love to hear more about why you think that if you'd be so inclined.