Nick Bostrom seems to have introduced the Singleton concept to the Singularity/Futurist discourse here.
I don’t think so. It dates back at least to early 2001 on SL4. It didn’t come from Nick Bostrom.
http://sl4.org/archive/0101/0480.html
http://sl4.org/archive/0102/0536.html
http://sl4.org/archive/0110/2285.html
http://sl4.org/archive/0112/2390.html
I remember getting the word from Bostrom.
O. I stand corrected. Thanks!
I can’t remember if the word “singleton” was used, but the concepts were being discussed on the extropian mailing list as early as about 1993, and I don’t think it was new then.
I don’t think so. It dates back at least to early 2001 on SL4. It didn’t come from Nick Bostrom.
http://sl4.org/archive/0101/0480.html
http://sl4.org/archive/0102/0536.html
http://sl4.org/archive/0110/2285.html
http://sl4.org/archive/0112/2390.html
I remember getting the word from Bostrom.
O. I stand corrected. Thanks!
I can’t remember if the word “singleton” was used, but the concepts were being discussed on the extropian mailing list as early as about 1993, and I don’t think it was new then.