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Vernor Vinge

"I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth."

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"I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth."

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"The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being."
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"The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility."
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"The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors."
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"But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence."
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"We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light."
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"And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty."
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"In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds."
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"It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules."
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"Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace."
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"I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology."
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