Humanity’s countdown to a technological breaking point now has a startlingly specific number on it: 19 years. One of the ...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this month, Elon Musk said artificial intelligence will exceed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will merge, a concept borrowed ...

Ray Kurzweil has left a mark on our lives. The 76-year-old computer scientist, author, inventor and futurist is responsible for advances in technologies we take for granted: optical character ...

In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI ...

In 2015, Waitbutwhy.com had some articles and diagrams explaining how the artificial intelligence revolution of a technological singularity would play out. The diagram above shows how there would be a ...

Artificial intelligence is going to change the world—but there’s still a lot of hype and hot air around it. Understanding what’s fact, what’s fiction and what’s marketing spiel is essential if you ...

World-renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil says the singularity is coming sooner than expected. Everyone from Elon Musk to the CEO of Google DeepMind has predicted that artificial intelligence will surpass ...

The notion of singularity has fascinated and intrigued for centuries, both for its conceptual richness and its ability to cross disciplines. In physics, it evokes extreme places like black holes, ...