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Sashinii t1_j5xbalh wrote

Reply to comment by petermobeter in I have a question: are we not the singularity? by Ramaniso

John von Neumann was the first person to use the word "singularity" in terms of a technological singularity (and this term itself was coined by Vernor Vinge).

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petermobeter t1_j5xbd1y wrote

ohh….. srry

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Sashinii t1_j5xbudy wrote

There's nothing to be sorry about. I can see why people would think that. Ray Kurzweil definitely popularized the term; most people (including myself) first heard about the technological singularity from him.

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