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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years ago

Sci-fi author Vernor Vinge, creator of the tech singularity concept, has died at age 79.

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Sci-fi author Vernor Vinge, creator of the tech singularity concept, has died at age 79.

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Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years ago
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Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79
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Vinge won multiple Hugo awards and created a sci-fi concept that drives AI researchers.
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    No, that’s my bad. For some reason I was also thinking of Alvin Toffler’s “Future Shock” and got the authors mixed up. XD

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