Definition: The singularity is something that most people think as a word of physics or mathematics, which in most cases is correct because of its mathematical origin. (Institute 2012) The technological singularity though is one that many fear and experts see as a sight unknown. What it is actually is something less out of the real world and more of what we see in the Matrix. It is when technology has expanded and compounded upon itself to such an extent that it has reached the point of being able to be have a conscience and be like the human brain in the way it runs. (Kurzweil 2009) While people fear or deny this theory as much as they do extraterrestrial existence and an existence of an afterlife. There are immense amounts of facts that prove that the singularity is soon approaching.
To start, there has to be a definition on what a singularity is. A singularity is a point that is unknown because of its mass uncertainty and gravity of its measurements; basically saying that it is so extreme that it is almost impossible to see beyond that point without some big hints of skepticism. (Allen 2011) The term singularity is actually based off a math term where the derivative at a point does not exist because it goes off towards infinity at an exponential rate, but yet the point itself still exists. In astrophysics it would be talking about black holes. A singularity is a point where matter becomes infinitely dense and possesses infinite volume and space and time become infinitely distorted. The uncertainty of both of those matters implies that a singularity is a point that is so out there, there is no room to explain how it will turn out. (Kurzweil 2009) This relates to the technological singularity as it is a point where machines surpasses human intelligence and thus creating a being or system that is more powerful than us. What will come of it is only be a matter of questioning, skepticism, and time.
Source: Photo: Smith, Tony. Matrix Code. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2012.
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