# When Old Models Stop Working by Vernor Vinge > "The Singularity is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules." > **— Vernor Vinge**, *The Coming Technological Singularity (1993), compressed candidate wording* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Coming Technological Singularity (1993), compressed candidate wording. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Uploaded Intelligence|Uploaded Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Payload|Civilizational Payload]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The Singularity is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules." — Vernor Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993), compressed candidate wording https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vernor-vinge-old-models-stop-working ```