> not a single novelist has realized that such a singularity would almost surely be preceded by a world in which machines are 0.01% intelligent (say), and in which millions of real people would be able to interact with them freely at essentially no cost.
Aren't Asimov's Multivac stories basicaly this? Humans build a powerful computer with a conversational interface helping them doing all kind of science and stuff, then before they know they become Multivac's pets.
Arguably it is, see my observation about self-incrimination elsethread --- I just didn't carry things forward on that basis, nor work up a clever way to include that number as well --- anyone have any ideas along those lines?
Teens may actually learn something, discover they can afford their own vps with their pocket money. What a nightmare. Better keep them in the gardens big corps made for them.
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