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<font color="#ff8000"> 技术奇点Technological singularity</font>——简称<font color="#ff8000"> 奇点Singularity</font>是一个假设的时间点，在这个时间点上，技术增长变得不可控制和不可逆转，从而导致人类文明发生无法预见的变化。奇点假说（也被称为<font color="#ff8000">智能爆炸intelligence explosion</font>）最普遍的版本是：可升级的智能体最终将进入一个自我完善的“<font color="#32cd32">失控反应runaway reaction</font>”循环，每个新的、更智慧的一代将出现得越来越快，引起智能的“爆炸”，并产生一种性质上远超所有人类智能的强大超级智能。

<font color="#ff8000"> 技术奇点Technological singularity</font>——简称<font color="#ff8000"> 奇点 Singularity</font> 是一个假设的时间点。在该时间点上，技术增长变得不可控制和不可逆转，从而导致人类文明发生无法预见的变化。根据奇点假说（也被称为<font color="#ff8000">智能爆炸 intelligence explosion</font>）最流行的版本：一个可升级的智能体终将进入一种自我完善循环的“<font color="#32cd32">失控反应 runaway reaction</font>”。每个新的、更智能的世代将出现得越来越快，导致智能的“爆炸”，并产生一种在实质上远超所有人类智能的超级智能。

The first use of the concept of a "singularity" in the technological context was [[John von Neumann]].<ref>''The Technological Singularity'' by Murray Shanahan, (MIT Press, 2015), page 233</ref> [[Stanislaw Ulam]] reports a discussion with von Neumann "centered on the [[Accelerating change|accelerating progress]] of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential [[Wiktionary:singularity|singularity]] in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue".<ref name="mathematical" /> Subsequent authors have echoed this viewpoint.<ref name="Singularity hypotheses" /><ref name="chalmers">{{Cite journal|last=Chalmers|first=David|date=2010|title=The singularity: a philosophical analysis|url=|journal=Journal of Consciousness Studies|volume=17|issue=9–10|pages=7–65|via=}}</ref>

The first use of the concept of a "singularity" in the technological context was [[John von Neumann]].<ref>''The Technological Singularity'' by Murray Shanahan, (MIT Press, 2015), page 233</ref> [[Stanislaw Ulam]] reports a discussion with von Neumann "centered on the [[Accelerating change|accelerating progress]] of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential [[Wiktionary:singularity|singularity]] in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue".<ref name="mathematical" /> Subsequent authors have echoed this viewpoint.<ref name="Singularity hypotheses" /><ref name="chalmers">{{Cite journal|last=Chalmers|first=David|date=2010|title=The singularity: a philosophical analysis|url=|journal=Journal of Consciousness Studies|volume=17|issue=9–10|pages=7–65|via=}}</ref>

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[[File:Biological vs. digital information.jpg|thumb|Amount of digital information worldwide (5{{e|21}} bytes) versus human genome information worldwide (10¹⁹ bytes) in 2014.<ref name="InfoBiosphere2016" />|链接=Special:FilePath/Biological_vs._digital_information.jpg]]

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While the technological singularity is usually seen as a sudden event, some scholars argue the current speed of change already fits this description.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

While the technological singularity is usually seen as a sudden event, some scholars argue the current speed of change already fits this description.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}