Meanings
plural Kurzweil singularities
- artificial intelligenceThe point, resulting from ever-accelerating technological progress, when a sufficient threshold of self-evolving artificial intelligence is reached to result in a superintelligence beyond human conception.
Synonyms: technological singularity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe point, resulting from ever-accelerating technological progress, when a sufficient threshold of self-evolving artificial intelligence is reached to result in a superintelligence beyond human conception.
Origin
From Kurzweil + singularity, after the futurist Ray Kurzweil, who used the term singularity in his works to describe this event.
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Kurzweil singularity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurzweil%20singularity
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