What did Vernor Vinge mean by: He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe. Vernor Vinge Science fiction author Copy
How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view? Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Future, Humanity, Technology, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
Technical people don’t make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Consequences, Cooperation, Independence, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren’t noticed at all – no one’s around to write horror stories. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Disasters, Horror, Invisibility, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Humanity, Principles, Understanding, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Learning, Prioritization, Time, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Description, Explanation, Perspective, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Funding, Importance, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vernor Vinge, Deception, Empathy, Manipulation, 0 Vernor Vinge Science fiction author
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
