Fairly good 3-minute summary. I would add that "artificial intelligence" has not been attained, but we do have smart robots, and the beginnings of self-replicating 3d printers.
This is not a "widely accepted theory among top scientists" at all - it's predicated on non-existent intelligent machines or "nano" technologies.
Rocketboom Tech's correspondent, Ellie Rountree, talks about the concept of Singularity and how it could potentially change the world.
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This is not a "widely accepted theory among top scientists" at all - it's predicated on non-existent intelligent machines or "nano" technologies.