Ask HN: Singularity.

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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?

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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.

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.

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