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Vinge's singularity essay (1993)
Vernor Vinge predicts superhuman intelligence within 30 years and asks whether such an event can be guided at all.
- Date
- 1993
- Type
- Milestone
- Status
- Happened
- Era
- 1993
What happened
Vernor Vinge predicts superhuman intelligence within 30 years and asks whether such an event can be guided at all.
Why it matters
Vinge presented the essay at a NASA symposium. He argued that a superhuman intelligence would end the human era, and that the change could come through computers, networks or enhanced human minds.
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