The Singularity is a common matter of discussion in transhumanist circles. There is no clear definition, but usually the Singularity is meant as a future time when societal, scientific and economic change is so fast we cannot even imagine what will happen from our present perspective, and when humanity will become posthumanity. Another definition is used in the Extropians FAQ, where it denotes the singular time when technological development will be at its fastest. Of course, there are some who think the whole idea is just technocalyptic dreaming.
What
is the Singularity? by Dani Eder.
Technological
Singularity by Vernor Vinge.
Teknologisk
Singularitet (Article from Gateavisa 1994, in Danish).
Singularity Article by Vernor Vinge.
Notes
on a Presentation by Dr. Vernor Vinge by John Graves.
The Limitations of the Singularity
Staring
Into The Singularity by Eliezer S. Yudkowsky. A dramatic, original
and somewhat irritating essay about what the Singularity means.
Singularity
Analysis: A Series of Educated Guesses by Eliezer S. Yudkowsky.
Singularity
discussion from sci.nanotech.
When will
the Singularity Occur? (From the Extropians FAQ)
Paths
to the Singularity by Daniel G. Clemmensen. About the Singularity
and the events leading up to it, with a discussion of the >Web idea.
The Socio-technological
Singularity in Principia Cybernetica.
Surviving
the Singularity by Steve Alan Edwards (21C
Scanning the future). About the singularity and the transhumanist
views about it.
Singularity
by Scott R. Turner. A computer-moderated PBEM game based on the Singularity
idea.
Is a singularity just around
the corner? By Robin Hanson, Journal
of Transhumanism 2, June 1998. The economics of Singularity growth.
A
Critical Discussion of Vinge's Singularity Concept. Edited by Robin
Hanson.
Arterati
on Ideas: Vinge's View of the Singularity. Extropy Online, Natascha
Vita More.
Simple
Equations for Vinge's Technological Singularity Hans Moravec. Some
simple growth equations, showing the appearance of a singularity given
fairly broad assumptions about accelerating technological growth.
Singularity.
An organisation dedicated to those technologies which are most likely
to take mankind to Singularity.
Singularity
Club. A mutual aid society for Transtopian
Singularitarians.
The
Low Beyond. Papers by Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Damien Broderick, The Spike. Reed Natural History ISBN: 0730104974
Vernor Vinge, True Names (1980, short story reprinted in True Names and Other Dangers, Baen Books 1987), Marooned in Realtime (1986), A Fire Upon the Deep (1992).
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