Sure, obviously you can't defy physics just by getting smarter. My parsing of the singularity is the point at which the speed of improvement exceeds our abilit

Sure, obviously you can't defy physics just by getting smarter. My parsing of the singularity is the point at which the speed of improvement exceeds our ability to understand it. "Predictability" is the usual term, but I think it introduces more problems than it solves. The reality is that we humans have a finite rate for internalizing and utilizing knowledge. The singularity "happens" on the day artificial intelligence begins generating (and subsequently using) new knowledge faster than our human limit.