Singularitarian

See also: singularitarian

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Singularity +‎ -arian, popularized by Ray Kurzweil who credits the term to the extropian Mark Plus (1991).[1]

Noun

Singularitarian (plural Singularitarians)

  1. (rare) Someone who supports the technological singularity theory.
    • 2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley‎, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN:
      Rather, Kurzweil writes, he became a Singularitarian as a result of “practical” efforts to make “optimal tactical decisions in launching technology enterprises.” Startups showed him the way! Being a Singularitarian, Kurzweil claims, “is not a matter of faith but one of understanding.” This is a refrain Singularitarians share with Scientologists, for L. Ron Hubbard always marketed his doctrines as “technology”.

Derived terms

Adjective

Singularitarian (comparative more Singularitarian, superlative most Singularitarian)

  1. Relating to the technological singularity theory.
    • 2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142:
      “The Coming Technological Singularity” has often been credited with launching a so-called Singularitarian movement.
    • 2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley‎, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN:
      There was always something fundamentally misanthropic about the Singularitarian vision, with its drive for the elimination of the body and its echoes of Christian millenarianism.

References
  1. Jonathon Keats (2010) Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142

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