For decades, the idea of a technological singularity existed safely on the margins of serious debate. It was treated as a concept for futurists and science fiction writers, something distant enough that governments, regulators, and institutions could afford to postpone difficult questions about control, accountability, and human relevance.

That distance is shrinking rapidly.

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