Top 11 Singularity Quotes

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'

Pat Conroy

Powerful, Stories, Singularity

God abhors a naked singularity.

Stephen Hawking

Naked, Singularity

Stephen Hawking (2006). “The Theory Of Everything”, p.23, Jaico Publishing House

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

Vernor Vinge

Singularity, Technological, Happens

"The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era". Article by Vernor Vinge, for the VISION-21 Symposium sponsored by NASA Lewis Research Center and the Ohio Aerospace Institute, www.wired.com. 1993.

The singularity has nothing to do with consciousness.

Stuart J. Russell

Consciousness, Singularity

"Intelligent robots don't need to be conscious to turn against us". Interview with Guia Marie Del Prado, www.businessinsider.com. August 9, 2015.

History is a series of approximations of the final singularity.

Terence McKenna

Finals, Singularity, Series

What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius.

Alfred Kazin

Writing, Genius, Singularity

A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity.

Terence McKenna

Broken, Miracle, Singularity

Regardless of whether you believe in the Singularity, you will most likely experience the benefits of it. But we don't really know.

Ron Currie Jr.

Believe, Benefits, Singularity

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A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life.

Ray Kurzweil

Singularity

Ray Kurzweil (2005). “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology”, p.476, Penguin

Avoid all affectation and singularity. What is according to nature is best, and what is contrary to it is always distasteful. Nothing is graceful that is not our own.

Jeremy Collier

Singularity, Contrary, Distasteful