Acceleration Studies Foundation
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Acceleration Studies Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by John Smart
engaged in research, education, and selective advocacy of communities and technologies of accelerating change
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John Smart (futurist)
John Smart is a futurist and scholar of accelerating change. He is founder and president of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, an organization that does “outreach, education, research, and advocacy with respect to issues of accelerating change.”. Smart has an MS in futures studies from the...
engaged in research, education, and selective advocacy of communities and technologies of accelerating change
Technological singularity
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means. Since the capabilities of such an intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as...
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