Open AccessThe Singularity May Never Be Near
Author(s) -
Walsh Toby
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v38i3.2702
Subject(s) - singularity , point (geometry) , dozen , tipping point (physics) , essential singularity , computer science , mathematical economics , mathematics , engineering , arithmetic , mathematical analysis , geometry , electrical engineering
The technological singularity, often simply called the singularity, is the hypothesis that at some point in the future we will invent machines that can recursively self improve, and that this will be a tipping point resulting in runaway technological growth. I examine half a dozen arguments against this idea.