Welcome to The Singularity News.
Ray Kurzweil
The singularity refers to the future emergence of greater-than human intelligence through technological means.
Since the capabilities of such an intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of technological singularity is seen as an intellectual event horizon, beyond which the future becomes difficult to understand or predict. Nevertheless, proponents of the singularity typically anticipate such an event to precede an “intelligence explosion”, wherein superintelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful minds.
The term was coined by science fiction writer Vernor Vinge, who argues that artificial intelligence, human biological enhancement or brain-computer interfaces could be possible causes for the singularity. The concept is popularized by futurists like Ray Kurzweil and is expected by proponents to occur in the mid-21st century. No doubt many of the videos in The Singularity News will feature Ray Kurzweil – one of my favorite futurists!
