Vernor Vinge And The Singularity

 The Singularity

At a recent Google Talks event, five time Hugo Award winning author Vernor Vinge, one of the most lauded science fiction writers of our era, discusses his work and concepts from it, including the concept of The Singularity which he coined.

A t a recent Google Talks event, five time Hugo Award winning author Vernor Vinge, one of the most lauded science fiction writers of our era, discusses his work and concepts from it, including the concept of  The Singularity which he coined, and his latest novel, The Children of the Sky, the sequel to A Fire Upon The Deep.

Vinge's 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity", is one of the landmark documents influencing the Singularity movement today.  In the essay he argues that the creation of superhuman artificial intelligence will mark the point at which "the human era will be ended," such that no current models of reality are sufficient to predict beyond it. 

   

Vinge's other works of fiction include, Rainbows End, Marooned in Realtime

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In the video below, Vinge is interviewed by Brad Templeton of EFF/Singularity U/Google X.





SOURCE  Google Talks

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