used to design a world of quicker AI that would, in turn, yield to still-faster generations. “When greater-than- human intelligence drives progress,” Vinge explained, “that progress will be much more rapid. In fact, there seems no reason why progress itself would not involve the creation of still more in

eally did think and create and intuit tremors too subtle for the human mind. Tomorrow. Like so much of our connected age, such machines would arrive, Vinge felt, because we want and even need them to achieve our dreams. Then, he supposed, they would take over. The leap from evoking Mozart to enacting Sta

consideration of smart machines. The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive the Post- Human Era his talk was called. “Within thirty years,” Vinge began, “we will have the technological ability to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.”26 Vinge’s aim was not

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or Vernor Vinge in 1982 due to his potential connection to Karl Amatneek, who was involved in an espionage investigation. According to the article, Vinge had a security clearance from his work with government contractor Tetra Tech, which may have raised suspicions. The article noted that an investigat