Singularity again
This from the wikipedia, placing artificial intelligence as a key element building to singularity but not being it (and mentionning Matrix along the way 😉
“Vinge’s technological singularity is commonly misunderstood to mean technological progress rising to “infinity.” Actually, he refers to the pace of technological change increasing to such a degree that a person who doesn’t keep pace with it will rapidly find civilization to have become completely incomprehensible. This was one of the philosophical ideas that inspired the successful movie The Matrix.
It has been speculated that the key to such a rapid increase in technological sophistication will be the development of superhuman intelligence, either by directly enhancing existing human minds (perhaps with cybernetics), or by building artificial intelligences. These superhuman intelligences would presumably be capable of inventing ways to enhance themselves even more, leading to a feedback effect that would quickly surpass preexisting intelligences.”