technological singularity
English
Etymology
Popularized by Vernor Vinge in 1993,[1] by analogy to the gravitational singularity in black holes, where the conventional laws of science are thought to no longer apply, resulting in a breakdown of predictability.[2]
Noun
technological singularity (plural technological singularities)
- A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.
- Synonyms: singularity, Kurzweil singularity, Singularity
- 2015, Murray Shanahan, The Technological Singularity, MIT Press, →ISBN, page xx:
- For the consequences for humanity, if a technological singularity did indeed occur, would be seismic. What are these potentially seismic consequences? What sort of world, what sort of universe, might come into being if a technological singularity does occur?
Translations
technological singularity
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See also
- posthumanism
- transhumanism
- Omega Point
References
- Vernor Vinge (1993), “The Coming Technological Singularity”, in Acceleration Studies Foundation: “I think it's fair to call this event a singularity ("the Singularity" for the purposes of this paper). It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.”
- Amnon H. Eden; James H. Moor; Johnny H. Soraker; Eric Steinhart (2013), chapter 1, in Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 5: “The gravitational singularity metaphor thus reinforces the view that the change will be radical and that its outcome cannot be foreseen.”