Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.

And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty.

I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.