Tag Archives: AI Singularity
Intellectronics and living computers
The Polish writer Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) is one of the most influential science-fiction visionaries of all time. Mostly known for his novel Solaris (1961), which was later made into a film by Andrei Tarkovsky, Lem has been prolific in his … Continue reading
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Narratives of the future
Prophecy is a crucial informant in the development of western ideologies. Although ritualistic foretelling is found in many cultures it is in the West that foretelling was historically institutionalized, for instance in the Oracle of Delphi or the Prophets of … Continue reading
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