- hypothetical point where AI surpasses human cognitive capacity across all domains
- concept articulated by Vernor Vinge (1993) and elaborated in Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
- technological acceleration: each generation of AI designs the next, compressing innovation cycles
- potential forms: recursive self-improvement, whole-brain emulation, collective intelligence networks
- cyber positions the knowledge graph as alignment infrastructure: consensus-verified truth accessible to both humans and machines
- the Information Age trends toward this threshold
- the key question: who controls the objective function
- convergence of AI, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and energy abundance