You are not just buying an alt coin with this company. You are buying into the future of our human race.
Full disclosure I bought into the ICO and will be holding this coin for 10+ years. I do NOT recommend buying this coin right now, as it may drop still.
You should keep your eye on this one. Not only is there a working project already, but Hanson robotics plans to push for REAL AGI by 2029, while Ben Goertzel believes he can create the singularity sooner.
What is the technological singularity? It is defined as the point where our species no longer can comprehend the technology that is being created. With the advancements in artificial intelligence, our species will no long be the apex predators we once were. Our race must merge with AI to evolve. THIS COMPANY SHOWS THE MOST PROMISE FOR THE SINGULARITY : HERES WHY.
The marketplace SingularityNet proposes will allow AI nodes to communicate and learn from each other. All AI faces a problem today of being to narrow focused, as AI may be the most proficient in a certain task, there is no general intelligence which allows learning with no rules, like our brains work.
Sophia's brain is programmed like ours. Right now she may be just a glorified chat bot, but they are teaching her empathy, the basic element humanity. Her intelligence has no limits. Once she starts reprogramming herself, the singularity will be here.
The purpose of the blockchain for sohpia is, she will be able to access the specific AI information that other companies produce. Google, facebook, amazon, opencog, openAI, deepmind... the list goes on. Once the marketplace is well established, if one AI node learns, she will learn.
tl;dr
buy some AGI if you want to join the cyborg master race when the singularity hits, because it is inevitable.