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Vinge’s 1983 column says the creation of greater-than-human intelligences would mark a transition beyond human understanding. Copy claim link
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Date 1983-01 · publication Role Context Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Missing element Accelerating intelligence and successors are stated, but no feedback from machine design to still better design. Scope and limits It uses "singularity", not the phrase "technological singularity".
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First Word (Omni, January 1983, p. 10) ↗ Omni · 1983-01
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Paraphrase Creating more-than-human intelligences would bring a transition beyond human comprehension, which Vinge calls a singularity.
Location in source Omni p. 10, middle column, the passage on creating intelligences greater than our own
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Source details and check notes Authors Vernor Vinge Version One-page scan hosted by gwern.net, read as an image by the pre-1996 candidate search and a later machine check. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Vernor Vinge, "First Word", Omni, January 1983, p. 10. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata and labelled paraphrases only: the inspected scan is a third-party copy whose permission to host is not established. Phrases in quotation marks inside a paraphrase identify the source's wording. Check notes Paraphrase from the pre-1996 candidate search, retained by a later machine check. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. Omni, January 1983, p. 10, according to Vinge’s 2005 bibliography; the scan shows the byline, column title and page but no masthead.
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