"In contrast, incorrigible techno-optimists continue the tradition of believing in miracles and the delivery of eternal salvation. "It is not uncommon to read how artificial intelligence and deep learning systems will carry us all the way to the “Singularity.” This comes from the Latin singularis, meaning “individual, unique, unmatched”—but in this chapter it refers to futurist [[Ray Kurzweil]]’s notion of singularity, i.e. to the mathematical meaning of the term as a point in time at which a function assumes an infinite value. **He predicts that, come 2045, machine intelligence will have surpassed human intelligence, what he calls biological and nonbiological intelligence will merge, and machine intelligence will fill the universe at infinite speed**. This is the ultimate ascension. It will make colonization of the rest of the universe an inevitably effortless endeavor." ([Location 3966](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=3966)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[artificial-intelligence]], [[singularity]], [[forecasting]], [[innovation]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]