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Computer Scientist

Vernor Vinge is an American computer scientist known for his contributions to both science fiction literature and computer science. His works often explore the impact of technological advancements on human society, with his most famous novel being 'Rainbow's End'.

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“Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.”

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“How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?”

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“We will soon create intelligences greater than our own ... When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity, an intellectual transition as impenetrable as the knotted space-time at the center of a black hole, and the world will pass far beyond our understanding.”

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“Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider the creation of intelligences greater than our own. When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity - a place where extrapolation breaks down and new models must be applied - and the world will pass beyond our understanding.”

Source: The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge

About the Author

Born: October 2, 1944
Known for: Computer Scientist
Quotes: 66

Books & Sources

A Fire Upon The DeepRelated source material

A Deepness in the SkyRelated source material

The Children of the SkyRelated source material

The Tor sf sampler: featuring excerpts from the 1993 Nebula and Hugo nominees : A fire upon the deep by Vernor Vinge and China mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHughRelated source material

The Zones of Thought Series: (A Fire Upon the Deep, The Children of the Sky, A Deepness in the Sky)Related source material

Zones of Thought: A Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the SkyRelated source material

Rainbow's EndRelated source material

The Collected Stories of Vernor VingeRelated source material

The Peace WarRelated source material

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