Difference between revisions of "Singularity"
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| − | Von Neumann was deeply aware of the accelerating pace | + | Von Neumann was deeply aware of the accelerating pace of progress and the profound implications of this progression for humanity's future, which brings us to the fifth key idea of the information age. A year after von Neumann's death in 1957, fellow mathematician Stan Ulam quoted von Neumann as having said that "the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life give |
| − | of progress and the profound implications of this progression | + | the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue." This is the first known use of the word "singularity" in the context of human history.<ref>John von Nuemann, ''The Computer & the Brain'' Yale Univ Press (1958) ISBN 9780300181111</ref> |
| − | for humanity's future, which brings us to the fifth key idea of | ||
| − | the information age. A year after von Neumann's death in | ||
| − | 1957, fellow mathematician Stan Ulam quoted von | ||
| − | Neumann as having said that "the ever accelerating progress | ||
| − | of technology and changes in the mode of human life give | ||
| − | the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in | ||
| − | the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we | ||
| − | know them, could not continue." This is the first known use of the word "singularity" in the context of human history.<ref>John von Nuemann, ''The Computer & the Brain'' Yale Univ Press (1958) ISBN 9780300181111</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 23 May 2023
Von Neumann was deeply aware of the accelerating pace of progress and the profound implications of this progression for humanity's future, which brings us to the fifth key idea of the information age. A year after von Neumann's death in 1957, fellow mathematician Stan Ulam quoted von Neumann as having said that "the ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life give
the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue." This is the first known use of the word "singularity" in the context of human history.[1]- ↑ John von Nuemann, The Computer & the Brain Yale Univ Press (1958) ISBN 9780300181111
