UK /ˌsɪŋ.ɡjʊˌlæɹɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ · US /ˌsɪŋ.ɡjəˌlɛɹəˈtɛɹi.ən/
Etymology From Singularity + -arian, popularized by Ray Kurzweil who credits the term to the extropian Mark Plus (1991).
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Rare Someone who supports the technological singularity theory.
Rather, Kurzweil writes, he became a Singularitarian as a result of “practical” efforts to make “optimal tactical decisions in launching technology enterprises.” Startups showed him the way! Being a Singularitarian, Kurzweil claims, “is not a matter of faith but one of understanding.” This is a refrain Singularitarians share with Scientologists, for L. Ron Hubbard always marketed his doctrines as “technology”.2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN:
Derived terms
Singularitarianism
Singularitarian
adj
Etymology From Singularity + -arian, popularized by Ray Kurzweil who credits the term to the extropian Mark Plus (1991).
1
Relating to the technological singularity theory.
“The Coming Technological Singularity” has often been credited with launching a so-called Singularitarian movement.2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142:
There was always something fundamentally misanthropic about the Singularitarian vision, with its drive for the elimination of the body and its echoes of Christian millenarianism.2018, Corey Pein, chapter VIII, in Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN: