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The technological singularity—or simply the singularity [1] —is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable consequences for human civilization.
Singularitarianism is a movement defined by the belief that a technological singularity—the creation of superintelligence—will likely happen in the medium future, and that deliberate action ought to be taken to ensure that the singularity benefits humans.
The Singularity Is Near, a 2005 book by Ray Kurzweil on the technological singularity; The Singularity Is Nearer, a 2024 sequel to Ray Kurzweil's 2005 book; Singularity (comics), the Marvel Comics character; Singularity, a 2023 novel by Jeremy Robinson, which is the finale of the "Infinite Timeline"
The concept of the technological singularity, or the ultra-rapid advent of superhuman intelligence, was first proposed by the British cryptologist I. J. Good in 1965: Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever.
Ray Kurzweil predicts humans and AI will merge by 2045, boosting intelligence a millionfold with nanobots, bringing both hope and challenges for the future.
Paul Davies wrote in Nature that The Singularity is Near is a "breathless romp across the outer reaches of technological possibility" while warning that the "exhilarating speculation is great fun to read, but needs to be taken with a huge dose of salt." [42]
When will the singularity occur? According to new research, humanity may achieve singularity within just 7 years—much sooner than we originally thought.
Google first published its AI Principles in 2018, years before the technology became almost ubiquitous. Google’s update is a sharp reversal in values from those original published principles.