Singularity

See also: singularity

English

Proper noun

Singularity

1. (technology) The technological singularity.
   • 2016 April 7, John Markoff, “When is the Singularity? Probably not in your lifetime”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 April 2018:

     The notion of the Singularity is predicated on Moore's Law, the 1965 observation by the Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, that the number of transistors that can be etched onto a sliver of silicon doubles at roughly two year intervals.

Usage notes

• Sometimes capitalized in this manner when referred to as an era or event.

Derived terms

• Singularitarian