A term borrowed by popular robotics and AI theorists from astrophysics. Mathematically, singularity refers to a point at which the object cannot be defined. In pop robotics, it refers to the point at which exponential progress in computation produces social changes so enormous that they cannot be predicted from our present vantage. This is generally assumed to mean that machines will become extraordinarily intelligent, and human beings will merge with technology as cyborgs and, shortly thereafter, minds uploaded into machines.
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Geraci, R.M. (2013). Singularity. In: Runehov, A.L.C., Oviedo, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8_201031
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