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Recent Examples of singularity
Note that some believe AGI will happen spontaneously and no one will necessarily be fully aware of the lead-up to AGI, the same goes for ASI (see my explanation of the intelligence explosion or said-to-be singularity, at the link here).
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Into this wound, imagination may pour—not to invade the other’s subjectivity, but to awaken awe at the depth, privacy, and singularity of each life.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
Continuing down this path, these processes could form a key reinforcement loop in the asymptotic acceleration that shoots us into that wild idea of the singularity – where AI builds machines that are smarter than humans, and each new generation is able to improve itself faster than the last.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
As more and more plays turn their sights on the singularity, Theatre for a New Audience is distinguishing itself as a place where artificial intelligence receives particularly intelligent dramatic treatment.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Into this wound, imagination may pour—not to invade the other’s subjectivity, but to awaken awe at the depth, privacy, and singularity of each life.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 11 Dec. 2024
Continuing down this path, these processes could form a key reinforcement loop in the asymptotic acceleration that shoots us into that wild idea of the singularity – where AI builds machines that are smarter than humans, and each new generation is able to improve itself faster than the last.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
As more and more plays turn their sights on the singularity, Theatre for a New Audience is distinguishing itself as a place where artificial intelligence receives particularly intelligent dramatic treatment.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singularity
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If the fashion on the sidelines wasn't enough to hype up attendees, a lively dance performance to kick off the runway show did the trick.—
Anika Reed,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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If not, now's the time to add it to your arsenal of emergency hair tricks.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
11 Feb. 2025
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While not all cities’ bus rapid transit lines are the same, the systems are generally defined by several key characteristics: ► Dedicated, bus-only lanes in the center of the roadway.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Actively scan device characteristics for identification.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
14 Feb. 2025
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McCarthy gives a great performance, playing up the press secretary’s more boorish traits as a gum-guzzling loudmouth that mangles words and twists facts like pretzels.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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This would have meant a high metabolism, leading Ostrom to compare Deinonychus to modern animals with similar traits, such as emus and ostriches.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Feb. 2025
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Oakley has gone viral several times for her odd mannerisms, racking up millions of views on Juliana's TikTok account, @juliana_burk.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Hammond, meanwhile, will still watch Thibodeau patrolling the sidelines 30 years later and see Bill Musselman in him: in the mannerisms, in the steely-eyed intensity.—
Luca Evans,
Orange County Register,
17 Jan. 2025
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Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
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The Parker's dedication to eccentricity runs deep, even down to the bathroom amenities.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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This Texas peculiarity is especially confounding to Democratic legislators in Sacramento and Springfield, who would never dream of allowing Republicans to do likewise in California and Illinois, states where Democrats have legislative supermajorities like the GOP does in Texas.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The peculiarity of her perspective is just too distracting.—
Melanie Anzidei,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Putin believes in authoritarianism, in a strong Russian state, in the rehabilitation of the country’s Soviet past, and in a Russian civilization that is superior to a West corrupted by secularism and individualism.—
Rich Lowry,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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This strain of individualism has remained strong in U.S. politics: Individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity are the foundations of American life, individualists say, so each person should win or lose on their own.—
Jay Feinman,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2025
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Regional frivolities One of the best parts of League Pass browsing is catching the various idiosyncrasies of different local streams.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Their passengers are fed up with being driven recklessly, treated curtly and, in many cases, having to settle fares with cash — one of the strangest idiosyncrasies about life in Hong Kong.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Singularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singularity. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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