you say singularity, i say skynet.

[grey_ghost]

apparently the notion of the :singularity: is become mainstream enough so that time magazine ran a story about it, in february.

according to wikipedia's entry,

Many of the most recognized writers on the singularity, such as Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil, define the concept in terms of the technological creation of superintelligence, and allege

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when i think of singularity...

[della_quinn]

...i think of polarization and symmetry breaking. 'singularity' is the term used in biology to describe a biological process in which one and only one thing is supposed to happen. for example, budding yeast (brewer's yeast, or baker's yeast) are little ovoid cells. they divide by budding off each other. but only one bud forms per cell cycle. singularity.