The Singularity—an Urban Legend?
An essay by Daniel C. Dennett, Edge, dated 2015. Edge page files the response under the 2015 Edge Question; no day given.
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- The Singularity—an Urban Legend? Edge (edge.org), response to the 2015 Edge Question "What do you think about machines that think?" · published 2015 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 20a0e43eb5b96f1e801f56e67c85e4bd0ca82ebf951c0600adb3d4add460cd46). Current Edge response page (response-detail/26035) under "2015 : WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MACHINES THAT THINK?".
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- Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligenceDennett's Edge response of 2015 likens the Singularity, in which AI surpasses and takes over from its creators, to an urban legend, and holds that the real danger is ceding authority to machines that cannot think.2015 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligence: propositions page →
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