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What is a Singularity, Exactly?

The singularity. Both the black hole singularity and the AI singularity. Predictions by Ray Kurzweil.

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*Sources*
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/introduction-to-algebra/division-by-zero/v/why-dividing-by-zero-is-undefined

http://www.physicsoftheuniverse.com/topics_blackholes_singularities.html

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-singularities/

http://www.businessinsider.com/ray-kurzweil-law-of-accelerating-returns-2015-5

http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann

http://www.singularitysymposium.com/moores-law.html

http://www.singularitysymposium.com/exponential-growth.html

http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/aerial-screw.aspx

The Singularity is Near : When Humans Transcend Biology - Ray Kurzweil https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology/dp/0143037889

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