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noun
A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: singularity, Kurzweil singularity
Antonyms: none provided
History
Popularized by Vernor Vinge in 1993, by analogy to the gravitational singularity in black holes, where the conventional laws of science are thought to no longer apply, resulting in a breakdown of predictability.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
