Ask HN: Singularity.

1 points by solutionhn 13 years ago | 2 comments

From the past few days, I see the term "Singularity" popping up everywhere and people commenting on it. What does it mean and why is it evoking such strong feelings?

chuhnk 13 years ago |

You couldn't search for the answer?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

It was recently announced that Ray Kurzweil will be joining Google and this is where the discussions stem from.

solutionhn 13 years ago | |

I certainly know what it is. It's just that we have been commenting about it in the shades of other discussions like X joining Y. I wanted to start a broader discussion instead of talking about it the context of other stories.