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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 02 February 2011 11:38:24AM 4 points [-]

I keep seeing insightful bits from this book (for instance, here and somewhere else that I forget). Am I correct when I say it seems worth reading as rationalist fiction?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 February 2011 07:08:47PM 1 point [-]

It's very nearly one of the only pieces of rationalist fiction out there.

Comment author: XiXiDu 10 February 2011 09:43:11AM 0 points [-]

Marc Stiegler is a science fiction author and software developer. He co-authored Valentina: Soul in Sapphire with Joseph H. Delaney. This is the one of the earliest examples of sentient computer software in fiction — as opposed to mainframe AI's such as HAL and Colossus. He also wrote the short story, "The Gentle Seduction" based on Vinge's ideas about a technological "singularity," the exponential growth of future technology --- that will drastically affect the nature and experience of being a human being.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Stiegler

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 February 2011 12:03:39PM 0 points [-]

I'm quite fond of "The Gentle Seduction", but I eventually noticed how he simplified his problem-- he wrote about a relatively isolated person.

Comment author: kpreid 02 February 2011 08:02:47PM *  0 points [-]

I haven't read David's Sling; but I read his Earthweb and found it to be not-particularly-deep futurism (primarily presenting the idea of prediction markets).

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