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"text": "Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. ... I think it's fair to call this event a singularity (\"the Singularity\" for the purposes of this paper).",
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"ref": "1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, book 2",
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