Humanity May Reach Singularity Within Just 6 Years, Trend Study Shows

By one major metric, artificial general intelligence is much closer than you think.

In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society. The tricky thing about AI singularity (and why it borrows terminology from black hole physics) is that it’s enormously difficult to predict where it begins and nearly i…