• The technological singularity—or simply the singularity—is a hypothetical point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible...
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  • Singularitarianism is a movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium...
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  • Look up Singularity or singularity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Singularity or singular point may refer to: Mathematical singularity, a point at...
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  • embraces the term "the singularity", which was popularized by Vernor Vinge in his 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity." Kurzweil describes...
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  • "spirit of the Earth," but the Teilhardian Singularity comes later. Unlike Kurzweil, Teilhard's singularity is marked by the evolution of human intelligence...
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  • applications.[citation needed] Some have criticized the notion of a technological singularity as an instance of static analysis: accelerating change in some...
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  • its teachings around the concept of the technological singularity, a hypothetical future point when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible...
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    technology, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is a public advocate for the futurist...
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    include Terminator and The Matrix. The topic of technological singularity, also known as “singularity,” was first coined in 1993. Since then, the idea...
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    Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI is a nonfiction book by futurist Ray Kurzweil. It is the sequel to his 2005 bestseller, The Singularity Is...
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    of societal and technological change that is "incomprehensible" to us. This event horizon is known as the technological singularity. Major figures of...
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  • Retrieved August 28, 2018. "Press release: Singularity University Acquires the Singularity Summitt". Singularity University. 9 December 2012. Archived from...
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    theoretical realm of technology. He was an early proponent of the technological singularity and in his last recorded public talk, Psychedelics in the age...
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  • Themes of the novel include transhumanism, the impact of a sudden technological singularity on a repressive society, and the need for information to be free...
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    State University. He was the first wide-scale popularizer of the technological singularity concept and among the first authors to present a fictional "cyberspace"...
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  • accelerating progress will not cease until technological singularity is achieved, at which point technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible...
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  • 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024. The Intelligence explosion and technological singularity: Russell & Norvig (2021, pp. 1004–1005), Omohundro (2008), Kurzweil...
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    Techno-progressivism Technocentrism Technogaianism Technocracy Technological dystopia Technological singularity Technological supremacy Technophilia Technorealism Towards...
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    embrace and accept their eventual demise as a consequence of a technological singularity. This is related to the view of "cosmism", which supports the...
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  • consequences of its physical actions. In 2015, Shanahan published The Technological Singularity, which runs through various scenarios following the invention...
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    pp. 189–191. The Technological Singularity by Murray Shanahan, (MIT Press, 2015), page 233 Chalmers, David (2010). "The singularity: a philosophical analysis"...
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    Transhumanism (category Singularity theory)
    consciousness, only the will of mankind as a whole. The concept of the technological singularity, or the ultra-rapid advent of superhuman intelligence, was first...
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  • Accelerando (category Novels about technological singularity)
    humanity in general, and/or the novel's characters, head towards the technological singularity. The book is a collection of nine short stories telling the tale...
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  • were capable of such an act), which increases the chance of a technological singularity. Roko went on to state that reading his post would cause the reader...
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    intelligence and the possibility of a technological singularity: a reaction to Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near, and McDermott's critique of Kurzweil"...
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    one becomes the singularity. Ubuntu Apps Directory. singularity on Linux Mint Community. singularity on Arch Linux. Package: singularity. Debian. Package:...
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  • Marooned in Realtime (category Novels about technological singularity)
    time-displaced group of people who may be the only survivors of a technological singularity or alien invasion. It is the sequel to the novel The Peace War...
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  • which follows the events in Singularity Sky. The book was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 2005. Singularity Sky depicts a future where...
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    learning/Deep learning Transhumanism Self-replication Technophobia Technological singularity Intelligence explosion Superintelligence Superintelligence: Paths...
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  • The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (category Novels about technological singularity)
    prototyping of its own specialised processors, ultimately heralding a technological singularity. After remaining unpublished for years, the novel was published...
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