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When anyone other than a particle physicist talks about "quantum", it is almost always a magic word used to project a pseudoscientific aura onto sheer raving lunacy.
What, then, is the Singularity? It's a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed. Although neither utopian or
Sometimes you find one that is just so over the top that it brings a smile to your face. It starts out okay,
"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.