“In mathematics, a point which is not well-defined and behaves unpredictably is called a singularity. Indeed, mathematician and computer scientist John von Neumann hypothesised a point in time where technology would advance to such a level that society would become completely unrecognisable.
“The ever accelerating progress of technology… give the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the (human) race beyond which human affairs… could not continue.”
~ Von Neumann paraphrased by Stanislav Ulam (1957)”
The Technological Singularity
https://medium.com/synergy-publication/the-technological-singularity-4086a8953ac7
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“The ever accelerating progress of technology… give the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the (human) race beyond which human affairs… could not continue.”
~ Von Neumann paraphrased by Stanislav Ulam (1957)”
The Technological Singularity
https://medium.com/synergy-publication/the-technological-singularity-4086a8953ac7
via Instapaper
