Re: [sl4] The Singularity on the front page of NYT

From: tobias barton (tobiasb@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 26 2009 - 12:35:12 MDT


The speculative fiction written about the the singularity and the various
forms it may manifest in is some of the most exciting modern literature ever
written...

On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Eric Burton <brilanon@gmail.com> wrote:

> > This vision, embraced in movies and literature,
>
> They called sci-fi literature!
>
> Eric B
>
> On 7/26/09, John K Clark <johnkclark@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > An article about the Singularity is on the front page of today’s New
> > York Times.
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/science/26robot.html?_r=1&hpwwP
> >
> > --
> > John K Clark
> > johnkclark@fastmail.fm
> >
> > --
> > http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different...
> >
> >
>

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