singularity

(noun)

A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.

Related Terms

  • mnemonic
  • memory

Examples of singularity in the following topics:

  • Number

    • The Latin has two Numbers,—the Singular and Plural.
    • The Singular denotes one object, the Plural, more than one.
  • Subject-Verb Agreement

    • If only one person is in the subject, it's singular.
    • Collective nouns (which refer to a group of beings or things as a single unit) are singular, and so take singular verbs.
    • They take a singular verb form.
    • Amounts take singular verbs because they are treated as units, which are singular nouns.
    • Sums and products take singular verbs in mathematical equations.
  • Second Declension

    • Proper names in -ius regularly form the Genitive Singular in -ī (instead of -iī), and the Vocative Singular in -ī (for -ie); as Vergílī, of Virgil, or O Virgil (instead of Vergiliī, Vergilie).
    • Fīlius forms the Vocative Singular in -ī (for -ie); viz. fīlī, O son!
    • Deus, god, lacks the Vocative Singular.
    • The Locative Singular ends in -ī; as, Corinthī, at Corinth.
    • Nouns in -os sometimes form the Accusative Singular in -um instead of -on; as, Dēlum, Delos.
  • The Five Declensions

    • There are five Declensions in Latin, distinguished from each other by the final letter of the Stem, and also by the Termination of the Genitive Singular, as follows:—
    • The Vocative is regularly like the Nominative, except in the singular of nouns in -us of the Second Declension.
  • Third Declension

    • Adjectives of three terminations in the Nominative Singular,—one for each gender.
    • With the exception of Comparatives, and a few other words mentioned below in § 70, 1, all Adjectives of the Third Declension follow the inflection of ĭ-stems; i.e. they have the Ablative Singular in -ī, the Genitive Plural in-ium, the Accusative Plural in -īs (as well as -ēs) in the Masculine and Feminine, and the Nominative and Accusative Plural in -ia in Neuters.
    • In the Nominative Singular of Adjectives of this class the Feminine form is sometimes used for the Masculine.
    • Ablative Singular in -e, Genitive Plural in -um, Nominative Plural Neuter in -a, and Accusative Plural Masculine and Feminine in -ēs only.
    • Inops, needy, and memor, mindful, have Ablative Singular inopī, memorī, but Genitive Plural inopum, memorum.
  • Gender

    • Grammatical gender is determined not by sex, but by the general signification of the word, or the ending of its Nominative Singular.
    • By grammatical gender, nouns denoting things or qualities are often Masculine or Feminine, simply by virtue of their signification or the ending of the Nominative Singular.
    • The gender of other nouns is determined by the ending of the Nominative Singular.[11]
    • —Names of animals usually have grammatical gender, according to the ending of the Nominative Singular, but the one form may designate either the male or female; as, ānser, m., goose or gander.
  • Defective Nouns

    • Nouns used in the Singular only.2.
    • Many nouns, from the nature of their signification, are regularly used in the Singular only.
    • Several nouns have the entire Singular of one declension, while the Plural is of another; as,—
    • Other nouns have one gender in the Singular, another in the Plural; as,—
    • The following nouns have one meaning in the Singular, and another in the Plural:—
  • Third Declension

    • These end in the Nominative Singular in -e, -al, and -ar.
    • Proper names in -e form the Ablative Singular in -e; as, Sōracte, Mt.
    • Their true character as Consonant-Stems, however, is shown by the fact that they never take -im in the Accusative Singular, or -ī in the Ablative Singular.
    • Supellex, supellectilis, f., furniture, is confined to the Singular.
    • The ending -ă in the Accusative Singular; as, aetheră, aether; Salamīnă, Salamis.
  • First Declension

    • Pure Latin nouns of the First Declension regularly end, in the Nominative Singular, in -ă, weakened from -ā, and are of the Feminine Gender.
    • a) An old form of the Genitive Singular in -ās is preserved in the combination pater familiās, father of a family; also in māter familiās, fīlius familiās, fīlia familiās.
    • c) The Locative Singular ends in -ae; as, Rōmae, at Rome.
    • In the Singular they are declined as follows:—
  • Fourth Declension

    • Nouns in -us, particularly in early Latin, often form the Genitive Singular in -ī, following the analogy of nouns in -us of the Second Declension; as, senātī, ōrnātī.
    • Nouns in -us sometimes have -ū in the Dative Singular, instead of -uī; as, frūctū (for frūctuī).
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