What is the concept of the technological singularity?
It seems that there are multiple definitions of this term. In his 1993 presentation at a NASA conference, mathematician Vernor Vinge defined the technological Singularity as “…a change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence.” The arrival of greater-than-human intelligence is the original and only correct definition of the technological Singularity. This intelligence could come in either the form of an enhanced human, human upload, or a smarter-than-human Artificial Intelligence; any would qualify as a Singularity. Other definitions, focusing on the acceleration of technological change, the greater global cooperation of human beings, and so on, are contortions of the original definition, made up after the fact. (The most common misunderstanding is viewing the Singularity as an asymptote in the graph of future technological change.) The creation of greater-th
