What is a singleton?
A singleton is a world order in which there is only one decision maker that controls most significant outcomes, as opposed to a Multipolar scenario
A scenario in which there end up being multiple powerful decision makers.
There are numerous pathways which could lead to a singleton. One example is if there is an extremely Fast takeoff How quickly the first AI with roughly human-level intelligence leads to the first AI with vastly superhuman intelligence.
A transition from human-level AI to superintelligent AI that goes very quickly, giving us no time to react.
An AI with cognitive abilities far greater than those of humans in a wide range of important domains.
The concept was introduced by Nick Bostrom in 2005.