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Vernor Vinge on AI

2 quotes from Vernor Vinge on the wall, 1993, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include VISION-21 Symposium, NASA Lewis Research Center and Ohio Aerospace Institute; Whole Earth Review.

1. Shortly after, the human era will be ended

   30 March 1993·#safety#philosophy#science

   ContextWho else?

   Vernor Vinge, mathematician at San Diego State University and science fiction author, presented this essay at the NASA VISION-21 Symposium in March 1993. A slightly changed version was reprinted in Whole Earth Review that winter.

   VISION-21 Symposium, NASA Lewis Research Center and Ohio Aerospace Institute; Whole Earth Review · The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era

2. I'll be surprised if this event occurs before 2005 or after 2030

   30 March 1993·#hype#science

   ContextWho else?

   Vernor Vinge, mathematician at San Diego State University and science fiction author, gave this timing for the arrival of greater-than-human intelligence in his VISION-21 Symposium paper of March 1993, later in Whole Earth Review.

   VISION-21 Symposium, NASA Lewis Research Center and Ohio Aerospace Institute; Whole Earth Review · The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era

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