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Kurzweil singularity

Kurzweil singularity noun: the point, resulting from ever-accelerating technological progress, when a sufficient threshold of self-evolving artificial intelligence is reached to result in a superintelligence beyond human conception.

Noun

Kurzweil singularity (plural Kurzweil singularities)

  1. (artificial intelligence) The point, resulting from ever-accelerating technological progress, when a sufficient threshold of self-evolving artificial intelligence is reached to result in a superintelligence beyond human conception.

Synonyms of Kurzweil singularity

Forms of Kurzweil singularity

pluralKurzweil singularities

Origin of Kurzweil singularity

From Kurzweil + singularity, after the futurist Ray Kurzweil, who used the term singularity in his works to describe this event.

Questions about Kurzweil singularity

What does Kurzweil singularity mean?
Kurzweil singularity means the point, resulting from ever-accelerating technological progress, when a sufficient threshold of self-evolving artificial intelligence is reached to result in a superintelligence beyond human conception.
What part of speech is Kurzweil singularity?
Kurzweil singularity is a noun.
What is the plural of Kurzweil singularity?
The plural of Kurzweil singularity is Kurzweil singularities.

Words near Kurzweil singularity in the dictionary

  1. Kurz
  2. Kurzel
  3. Kurzman
  4. Kurzweil
  5. Kurzweil singularities
  6. Kurzweil singularity
  7. Kurzweilian
  8. kurī
  9. Kuršėnai
  10. Kusaal
  11. kusachiite

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