Singularitarian
See also: singularitarian
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Singularity + -arian, popularized by Ray Kurzweil who credits the term to the extropian Mark Plus (1991).[1]
Noun
editSingularitarian (plural Singularitarians)
- (rare) Someone who supports the technological singularity theory.
- 2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley[1], Metropolitan Books, →ISBN:
- Rather, Kurzweil writes, he became a Singularitarian as a result of “practical” efforts to make “optimal tactical decisions in launching technology enterprises.” Startups showed him the way! Being a Singularitarian, Kurzweil claims, “is not a matter of faith but one of understanding.” This is a refrain Singularitarians share with Scientologists, for L. Ron Hubbard always marketed his doctrines as “technology”.
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editAdjective
editSingularitarian (comparative more Singularitarian, superlative most Singularitarian)
- Relating to the technological singularity theory.
- 2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142:
- “The Coming Technological Singularity” has often been credited with launching a so-called Singularitarian movement.
- 2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley[2], Metropolitan Books, →ISBN:
- There was always something fundamentally misanthropic about the Singularitarian vision, with its drive for the elimination of the body and its echoes of Christian millenarianism.
References
edit- ^ Jonathon Keats (2010) Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142
Further reading
edit- Singularitarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia