They say Von Neumann talked about a tech singularity back in the late '50s (attested by Ulam), Vinge popularized it in the mid 80s and Kurzweil took it over wit

They say Von Neumann talked about a tech singularity back in the late '50s (attested by Ulam), Vinge popularized it in the mid 80s and Kurzweil took it over with his book in the aughts.