[ExI] singularity terminology proposal: was RE: what if... the singularity isn't near?

[John Clark]

spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:


> *>> …If the Singularity happens a few years after Kurzweil's prediction
>> then we will have a few more years to prepare for the most significant
>> event since the Cambrian Explosion…John K Clark*
>>
>

*> I propose some terminology to clarify if a debate has a common basis or
> preliminary assumptions. Suppose the Singularity is an event which is
> unambiguous in that there is little or no debate afterwards if it
> happened.  Afterwards we can identify a date on which the Singularity event
> happened,*
>

*That would be fine except that we could only use that definition after it
happened, and by then the Singularity would be of academic interest only,
right now it is of practical interest. *

*> Side note: I also propose returning the pronouns he and him to
> genderless,*
>

*Why that and not "she" and "her" becoming genderless?  And **what pronoun
should we use to refer to somebody who is NOT genderless but is definitely
of the male gender? *

*John K Clark*
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