Re:AI’s big rift is like a religious schism
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:20PM
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> In 1993 Vernor Vinge drew on computer science and his fellow science-fiction writers to argue that ordinary human history was drawing to a close
Note that this category of hypothesis was common in various disciplines at the end of the Cold War [1]. (Vinge's being unique because the precipice lies ahead, not behind.)
Note that this category of hypothesis was common in various disciplines at the end of the Cold War [1]. (Vinge's being unique because the precipice lies ahead, not behind.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Las...