[extropy-chat] Sterling, Wired, and the Singularity

[Eliezer Yudkowsky]

Emlyn wrote:
> 
> There's also the idea, which Bruce Sterling makes as well, that Vinge
> damaged sci-fi with the singularity meme.

Vinge didn't damage sci-fi, just presented it with an extremely difficult 
challenge to which few authors have risen.  As for the failing authors who 
try to treat the Singularity as a postmodern ironic commentary on the 
futility of science fiction, well, too bad for them.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence