The World Is on the Edge of the Era of Technological Singularity. How Will the Trends of Basic Global Processes and the Evolution of Humanity Change

The article considers the probability of creating an artificial general intelligence (AGI) by 2027–2029 and the onset of the era of technological singularity, when a fundamental change in the mechanism of human evolution will occur. Such a probability is close to one, since these dates surprisingly coincide with the dates of the evolutionary singularity. The article discusses changes in the development trends of such key global processes as demographic dynamics and technological progress generated by the interaction of humans and AGI, as well as various scenarios for the development of human evolution in the era of singularity – a bifurcation time limited to 15–20 years. The active formation of the “human + AI” symbiosis as the leading force of development in all spheres of activity will allow humanity to follow a progressive branch of evolution.