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The Singularity January 1993
Mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction writer Vernor Vinge
called the creation of the first ultraintelligent machine the Singularity in
the January 1993 Omni magazine. Vinge's follow-up paper entitled "What is the
Singularity?" presented at the VISION-21 Symposium sponsored by NASA Lewis
Research Center( now NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field) and
the Ohio Aerospace Institute, March 30-31, 1993, and slightly changed in the
Winter 1993 issue of Whole Earth Review, contained the oft-quoted statement,
"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create
superhuman intelligence. Shortly thereafter, the human era will be ended."
"Vinge refines his estimate of the time scales involved, adding, 'I'll be
surprised if this event occurs before 2005 or after 2030.
"Vinge continues by predicting that superhuman intelligences, however created,
will be able to enhance their own minds faster than the humans that created
them. 'When greater-than-human intelligence drives progress," Vinge writes,
"that progress will be much more rapid.' This feedback loop of self-improving
intelligence, he predicts, will cause large amounts of technological progress
within a short period of time".
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