The Technological Singularity

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Technological_Singularity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	fictional event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	singularity
gptkbp:associatedWith	exponential technological growth
gptkbp:concerns	future of humanity existential risk AI alignment technological unemployment ethics of AI
gptkbp:criticizedFor	gptkb:Paul_Allen gptkb:Steven_Pinker gptkb:Andrew_Ng
gptkbp:debatedBy	gptkb:scientist philosophers futurists
gptkbp:describes	point at which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence
gptkbp:featuredIn	gptkb:Accelerando gptkb:Rainbows_End The Singularity is Near Transcendent Man
gptkbp:firstMentioned	gptkb:John_von_Neumann
gptkbp:firstMentionedYear	1950s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Technological Singularity
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:artificial_intelligence gptkb:information_theory gptkb:machine_learning gptkb:Moore's_Law computational neuroscience cybernetics
gptkbp:popularizedBy	gptkb:Ray_Kurzweil gptkb:Vernor_Vinge
gptkbp:potentialOutcome	loss of human control radical transformation of society unpredictable changes to civilization
gptkbp:predictedDate	2045
gptkbp:predicts	gptkb:Ray_Kurzweil gptkb:Vernor_Vinge
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:transhumanism gptkb:superintelligence machine intelligence artificial general intelligence technological acceleration
gptkbp:studiedBy	gptkb:DeepMind gptkb:MIT gptkb:OpenAI gptkb:Oxford_University gptkb:Stanford_University gptkb:Singularity_University gptkb:Future_of_Humanity_Institute gptkb:Machine_Intelligence_Research_Institute
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:philosophy gptkb:science_fiction academic research
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Elon_Musk gptkb:Ray_Kurzweil gptkb:Max_Tegmark gptkb:Nick_Bostrom gptkb:Vernor_Vinge
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Michael_Shanahan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7