Kurzweil singularity

noun

The 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.

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technological singularity
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Meanings

nounKurzweil singularity (plural Kurzweil singularities)

plural Kurzweil singularities

  1. 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.

Similar
technological singularity
Also see
singularitytechnological singularity

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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“Kurzweil singularity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurzweil%20singularity. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kurzweil singularity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurzweil%20singularity.

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