The Singularity

2016/01/08 by David J. Chalmers · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Argument (complex analysis) #Singularity #Event (particle physics) #Statistician #Set (abstract data type) #Computer science #Artificial intelligence #Epistemology #Philosophy #Mathematics #Physics #Programming language #Geometry

paper · doi:10.1002/9781118922590.ch16

openalex publication_date 2016/01/08 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/30

Abstract

What happens when machines become more intelligent than humans? One view is that this event will be followed by an explosion to ever-greater levels of intelligence, as each generation of machines creates more intelligent machines in turn. This intelligence explosion is now often known as the “singularity”. The basic argument here was set out by the statistician I. J. Good in his 1965 article “Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine”:

Citations

• The Extended Mind
• Speculations Concerning the First Ultraintelligent Machine
• 11. Reasons and Persons
• On the Morality of Artificial Agents
• Minds, brains, and programs
• Psychologism and Behaviorism
• John von Neumann 1903-1957

Cited by

• The Biointelligence Explosion
• AI Survival Stories: a Taxonomic Analysis of AI Existential Risk
• Technological singularity [wikipedia]

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