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Singularity

Books about the theorized technological singularity.
The technological singularity is a theoretical future point that takes place during a period of unprecedented technological progress sometime after the creation of a Superintelligence.
This bookshelf contains both fiction and non-fiction, some dealing directly with the topic, some indirectly.

Note: There is also a ŷ group by the same title. The bookshelf in that group is not the same as this list, although the two should be largely congruent.

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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Accelerando
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
The Rapture of the Nerds
The Age of Spiritual Machines
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)
Glasshouse
Avogadro Corp (Singularity, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
Rainbows End
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
Permutation City

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