technological singularityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Popularized by Vernor Vinge in 1993, by analogy to the gravitational singularity in black holes, where the conventional laws of science are thought to no longer apply, resulting in a breakdown of predictability.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˌtɛknəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩ ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlɛɹɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌtɛknəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl̩ ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlæɹɪti/

名詞

technological singularity (plural technological singularities)

1. A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.

   Synonyms: singularity, Kurzweil singularity, Singularity

   • 2015, Murray Shanahan, The Technological Singularity, MIT Press, →ISBN, page xx:

     For the consequences for humanity, if a technological singularity did indeed occur, would be seismic. What are these potentially seismic consequences? What sort of world, what sort of universe, might come into being if a technological singularity does occur?

参考

• posthumanism
• transhumanism
• Omega Point

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