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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

Explained: The Singularity in Maths, Physics and AI and What Connects Them

A simulated black hole rendered by NASA, overlaid with a three-dimensional model of a human head. In physics, a singularity marks the point at which known laws stop applying — the metaphor the AI industry has borrowed for its own predictions. (Photo illustration: NASA / AI FrontPage)

The Singularity in AI Is a Borrowed Metaphor. Silicon Valley Is Selling It as a Date.