Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider the creation of intelligences greater than our own. When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity - a place where extrapolation breaks down and new models must be applied - and the world will pass beyond our understanding.

Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths.

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

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.

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

He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.

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.