technological singularity

短语

发音

US /ˌtɛknəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩ ˌsɪŋɡjəˈlɛɹɪti/
UK /ˌtɛknəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl̩ ˌsɪŋɡjʊˈlæɹɪti/

词形变化

technological singularities 复数 technological singularities

别名

singularity

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hypothetical future event in human history caused by the ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed.

词源

Popularized by Vernor Vinge in 1993, by analogy to the gravitational singularity in black holes, where the conventional laws of science are thought to no longer apply, resulting in a breakdown of predictability.

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