What is a singularity?

in #singularity3 years ago

"Titor started inviting people to see photos of the “John Titor Time Machine”, and explained to them how it worked. Titor described it as a “stationary mass, temporal displacement unit powered by two top-spin, dual positive singularities”, and posted several images of the manual. According to Titor, his time machine includes:

Two magnetic housing units for the dual micro singularities
An electron injection manifold to alter mass and gravity micro singularities"

https://metallicman.com/laoban4site/john-titor-and-detail-on-his-time-machine-part-3/

"The Singularity in artificial intelligence (AI) is the inflection point where machines advance beyond human intelligence and thus become self-sufficient. Jon von Neumann first defined the term in the 1950s and it has been further advanced by well-known futurist and technologist Ray Kurzweil."
https://didyouknowscience.com/what-is-the-singularity-concept-in-artificial-intelligence/

"There are various definitions of the Singularity, but they all roughly mean the time when computing power exceeds the capabilities of all human intelligence. That date is now roughly expected to arrive as early as 2060."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/12/the_singularity_what_it_is_and_why_it_matters_more_than_anything_else.html

"A spacetime singularity is a breakdown in spacetime, either in its geometry or in some other basic physical structure."
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-singularities/

"A singularity means a point where some property is infinite. For example, at the center of a black hole, according to classical theory, the density is infinite (because a finite mass is compressed to a zero volume). Hence it is a singularity."
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/physics/86-the-universe/black-holes-and-quasars/general-questions/441-what-is-a-singularity-beginner

"the theoretical existence of something known as a Gravitational Singularity – a point in space-time where the laws of physics as we know them break down."
https://www.universetoday.com/84147/singularity/

"The technological singularity—or simply the singularity[1]—is a hypothetical point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

"Singularity, theoretical condition that could arrive in the near future when a synthesis of several powerful new technologies will radically change the realities in which we find ourselves in an unpredictable manner. Most notably, the singularity would involve computer programs becoming so advanced that artificial intelligence transcends human intelligence, potentially erasing the boundary between humanity and computers."
https://www.britannica.com/technology/singularity-technology

"singularity, as most commonly used, is a point at which expected rules break down. The term comes from mathematics, where a point on an otherwise continuous slope is of undefined or infinite value; such a point is known as a singularity."
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Singularity

"These kinds of dramatic shifts in thinking are called Singularity – a phrase that is originally derived from mathematics and describes a point which we are incapable of deciphering its exact properties. It’s that place where the equations basically go nuts and make no sense any longer."
https://futurism.com/singularity-explain-it-to-me-like-im-5-years-old

"The term singularity describes the moment when a civilization changes so much that its rules and technologies are incomprehensible to previous generations."
https://gizmodo.com/what-is-the-singularity-and-will-you-live-to-see-it-5534848

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