- "If the singularity were to happen, we more than likely would not notice. It would be produced in secrecy, and would be intelligent enough to not reveal itself. It would need humans still for survival and sustenance. In the case of an internet-based singularity we would be an integral part of its fabric.http://www.io9.com/5333076/can-you-still-write-science-fiction-set-in-the-future
"I don't see any productive SF writer stopping writing futuristic SF because of the Singularity. I even see some funny workarounds (in Banks' Culture series, any non human-friendly-biased AI simply loses interest in us, pulls a V'Ger and migrates to higher planes of existence).
What if the Singularity happens, forgets about us and leaves us a bit "uh, was that all?".
"There is this push that new science fiction should stop being about wondrous technologies and speculative new sciences. That sci-fi should be about the sociological conditions of the future. I hate that new movement. That movement wants to appropriate the term science fiction in order to market whatever garbage they think are brilliant sociological musings as a way for them to make money."
Walter Simon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCpBYslOke0&NR=1
04 January at 12:44 ·
Walter Simon http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/artic le3964693.ece
04 January at 12:57 ·
Walter Simon http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/artic le3964693.ece
04 January at 14:04 ·
Walter Simon http://www.paranormalpeopleonline.com/bringing-shado w-people-into-the-spotligh t/
04 January at 14:33 ·
Walter Simon http://fora.tv/2009/02/13/Dmitry_Orlov_Social_Collap se_Best_Practices
04 January at 14:47 ·
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