Ask HN: Singularity.

#1

Post by solutionhn » Sat, Dec 15, 2012, 9:18 PM UTC

From the past few days, I see the term "Singularity" popping up everywhere and people commenting on it. What does it mean and why is it evoking such strong feelings?

Re: Ask HN: Singularity.

#2

Post by chuhnk » Sat, Dec 15, 2012, 10:44 PM UTC

You couldn't search for the answer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

It was recently announced that Ray Kurzweil will be joining Google and this is where the discussions stem from.

Re: Ask HN: Singularity.

#3

Post by solutionhn » Sun, Dec 16, 2012, 9:38 AM UTC

chuhnk wrote: post #2

You couldn't search for the answer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity It was recently announced that Ray Kurzweil will be joining Google and this is where the discussions stem from.

I certainly know what it is. It's just that we have been commenting about it in the shades of other discussions like X joining Y. I wanted to start a broader discussion instead of talking about it the context of other stories.