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SensibleInterlocutor t1_j15p36l wrote

Reply to comment by oldmanhero in Are we already in the midst of a singularity? by oldmanhero

The technological singularity is a point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization. That is a point in time, not a span of time, which is why it is called a singularity.

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oldmanhero OP t1_j15pfwt wrote

That's not my understanding from numerous sources. Kurzweil discusses the idea of a singularity in the same sense as the aphorism that "The future is already here, just not evenly distributed".

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SensibleInterlocutor t1_j15qdan wrote

I'm afraid you won't be convincing me that the singularity is longer than one instant

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