"Might there be states of existence beyond mere consciousness - transsentience? Might solving the nature of reality create the ability to create new Universes, manipulate the laws of physics, even alter the kind of things that can be real -'ontotechnology'? That's what the Singularity is all about."

"Seeing humanity safely through the Singularity is my vocation, the central quest around which my life is organized."

http://yudkowsky.net/