“The Singularity is Nearer,” Ray Kurzweil, was on my library’s new bookshelves when I desperately needed reading material. I decided to risk it. Sadly, my expectations were met. It has almos ...

This may help quantify the speed toward singularity. An AI that can translate speech as well as a human could change society. In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms ...