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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, The Singularitarian Principles, Version 1.0.2
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, The Singularitarian Principles, Version 1.0.2 (01/01/2000) Compact edition (“The “Singularity” has been defined many different ways. The primary and original definition, as invented by Vernor Vinge, is that the Singularity is the fundamental discontinuity in history created by the technological invention of smarter-than-human intelligence. Other definitions have included a time of exponentially faster technological progress (even faster than now, that is), or the positive-feedback effect created by enhanced intelligences working out improved methods of intelligence enhancement.”)