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Meanings of the singularity in English

Russian
сингулярность винджа
Portuguese
singularidade tecnológica
Spanish
la singularidad
Catalan
singularitat tecnològica

Predicted future event which envisions an artificial intelligence, superior to humans, that is the ultimate and apparently only outcome of an ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.

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сингулярность винджа
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Examples for "singularity"
Examples for "singularity"
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Such a point is an example of what mathematicians call a singularity.
A briefer history of time
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A singularity whose gravity permits nothing to escape: no matter, no energy.
The Neutronium Alchemist
3
The mere singularity of the names alone ought to decide the point.
The Eclipse of Faith; Or, A Visit to a Religious Sceptic
4
One such singularity surrounds every sufficiently large mass in the Einsteinian universe.
Ringworld
5
Kurzweil transformed the singularity from an interesting speculation into a social movement.
Wired
1
The most radical prediction of science fiction is the technological singularity.
The Guardian
2
This imagined state of affairs might be called the "financial singularity", analogous to the hypothetical future technological singularity, when computers replace human intelligence.
The Guardian
3
'We should have entered the technological singularity by now?'
Zero Point
1
The top- seed hit nine aces past Japanese eighth- seed Ai Sugiyama in her 6-2, 6-4 quarter-final win.
The Irish Times
Usage of the singularity in English
1
Kurzweil transformed the singularity from an interesting speculation into a social movement.
Wired
2
Mzu barely thanked him before asking about the singularity's internal quantum structure.
The Naked God
3
A strange concomitant of his misery was the singularity of its form.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
4
Even Matt had experienced the singularity of range-size endemic to these cams.
Rock and Ice Magazine
5
Some cretin psychoanalyst would attempt to comprehend the singularity of his worldview.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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This circumstance, together with the singularity of his appearance, awakened her conjectures.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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However you managed to survive the tidal forces, you'd never survive the singularity.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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A synthesis setting the stage for the division of the singularity.
Grand junction
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On looking at Walt himself the singularity is at once understood.
The Lone Ranche
10
Surely the singularity of that device I do not well comprehend.
The Discovery of Guiana
11
To add to the singularity of the day, it is the Queen's birthday.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
12
To the singularity of such a measure was owing its celebrity.
The Lay of Marie and Vignettes in Verse
13
At last Ronald taxed him with the singularity of his proceedings.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
14
Religions strove to incorporate or explain away the singularity's gospel of the universe.
The Naked God
15
We're protecting the singularity sphere now, but it could fall at any time.
The Hyperion Cantos
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Joshua looked at the projected image of the singularity, vaguely troubled.
The Naked God