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Isaac Asimov on AI

2 quotes from Isaac Asimov on the wall, 1956, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Science Fiction Quarterly.

  1. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER

    Short story by the American writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov, first published in Science Fiction Quarterly in November 1956, in which the computer Multivac is asked whether entropy can be reversed.

    Science Fiction QuarterlyThe Last Question

  2. LET THERE BE LIGHT

    Words spoken by the cosmic computer AC near the end of Isaac Asimov's short story The Last Question, published in Science Fiction Quarterly in November 1956. AC finally answers after the end of the universe.

    Science Fiction QuarterlyThe Last Question

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