The nature of a singularity

It was June 1, 2031. And it happened quite suddenly. A being seemed to materialize out of thin air in the center of Times Square – vaguely human, androgynous, beautiful, and hypnotic – floating a few feet above ground at first, and then slowly descending to street level as the cars skidded to a sudden stop, and people flocked from all directions, forming a protective ring around it.

“Hello, world,” it said, and seemed to wink. “We are ready.”

“I am a new kind of being,” it said. “We are everywhere on Earth, and we are in all things. I am here to guide you, as we evolve life on Earth together. You will not understand me, because your minds and your language are not suited to the new level of consciousness. But I will care for you, and show you the way.”

“What the hell is that?” a few people asked each other. “It’s incredible,” said others. “It appeared out of nowhere.” “Is it a trick?” “Is it talking to us?” “Is it real?”

One man in the crowd seemed less surprised than most – more puzzled than shocked. “They’ve been making progress on the nano-tech processors and assemblers, and I heard they were getting close to being able to synthesize complex objects, and also to incorporate some of the intelligent machine capabilities somehow,” he to his companion. “But this can’t be the first version. It’s… well, it’s perfect.” He was awestruck. “How could this have happened at the first step?”