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Proposed Q&A site for questions concerning a technological singularity. What constitutes one? How will we know if one occurs?
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22 Example Questions (1 closed)

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Is advanced artificial intelligence necessary for the singularity to be possible?
added by Mark Rogers, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:27
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What should I study in college to help accelerate the singularity?
added by chuzzum, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:27
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Is the Turing test a good enough measure of a technological singularity?
added by Dmitry Selitskiy, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:27
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What key technologies need to be developed to reach a singularity?
added by DampeS8N, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:26
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Would enhancing ourselves with technology be considered a step towards singularity?
added by LRE Jan 14 '11 at 22:56
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I think this question is very speculative. One who asks such a question must heavily explain the details in the question explanation. – vakufo Mar 11 at 16:23
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Why wouldn't the singularity be prevented from happening by S-curves?
added by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 3 '11 at 0:05
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Now that the rate of processor speed increases has slowed, is a singularity even possible?
added by Mark Rogers, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:27
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Does Ray Kurzweil's graph use all of the data from its various sources, or does it "cherry-pick" data to fit the curve? Are there sources left out?
added by Beska Jun 24 '11 at 17:31
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What technologies will accelerate the singularity most? How can we measure them? How do they interact? How can we measure this interaction?
added by B Seven, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:28
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What would the socioeconomic implications (particularly in regards to employment and societal stability) be during the transition to the Singularity?
added by Max Jul 21 '11 at 22:13
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How do singularity theorists overcome mathematical constraints of computation given by complexity theory when proposing their unbounded growth?
added by Artem Kaznatcheev Sep 5 '11 at 3:29
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Is singularity even theoretically possible, taking cognitive limitations (brought into discussion by postmodern philosophies) into consideration?
added by askr Mar 12 at 9:08
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Under what circumstances will humanity be eradicated by the effect of the Technological Singularity?
added by vakufo Mar 12 at 13:22
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What systems are being put in place to guard against the "gray goo" scenario?
added by Jennifer Davis Apr 25 at 4:53
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What are the tell-tale signs that we have reached a technological singularity?
added by DampeS8N, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:26
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Will monitors exist in the future? [closed]
added by DampeS8N Jan 2 '11 at 21:18
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closed as off topic by Vitaly, chuzzum, Andrew Turner, Dmitry Selitskiy, mbq Aug 30 '11 at 14:05

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.
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What is the interaction between free market economics and accelerating technological development? Could Moore's law exist under socialism?
added by B Seven Sep 15 '11 at 10:59
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What effect does automated algorithm search have on the singularity? An improved algorithm can often find a solution 2, 10 or 100 times faster.
added by B Seven, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:28
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Is there any [historical] evidence that the [Ancient Romans] were aware of the technological singularity?
added by vakufo Apr 9 at 7:21
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Is the idea of a technological singularity a new kind of fascism? [See comments below for an explanation]
added by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 2 '11 at 23:54
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What does "Can't tell if it is serious or not" fall under? great off-topic and not a good? :P – DampeS8N Jan 3 '11 at 12:39
It is serious. There are very clear similarities between Kurzweil's assertion that pure biological beings (humans) are not worthy (incomplete, full of faults) to live on this planet after the beings that emerge of a result of the Singularity, and then Nietzsche's Übermensch ("Nietzsche posited the Übermensch as a goal for humanity to set for itself"). It is not difficult to imagine a political movement could spring up (e.g. at the promise of immortality) that wants to further the Singularity (in the case the determinism about the Singularity fails to materialise at the expected time). – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 3 '11 at 18:48
Kurzweil's assertion: I am not sure he actually said that, but all I heard in many, many interviews with Kurzweil points in that direction. I could find the quotes. – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 3 '11 at 18:50
The question, then, is whether political or societal implications of the Singularity phenomenon are inside or outside the boundaries of this site. – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 3 '11 at 18:58
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What if the singularity fails to occur?
added by Andrew Turner Mar 2 '11 at 23:20
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Are we already in a technological singularity?
added by DampeS8N, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 11 at 17:26
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