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the singularity is here.
Po
siti
o
ning OurselvesWhat is the Singularity?
When accelerating fundamental transformationmakes the future qualitatively different andrenders predictions unreliable.
We will s
oo
n create intelligences greater than
o
ur
o
wn.When this happens, human hist
o
ry will have reached akind
of
singularity, an intellectual transiti
o
n asimpenetrable as the kn
o
tted space-time at the center
of
ablack h
o
le, and the w
o
rld will pass
f
ar bey
o
nd
o
urunderstanding.-Vern
o
rVinge, Omni (1983)
"I'll be surprised if this event occurs before 2005 or after 2030."
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