“Erewhon in 1872 or his essay before that. In 1863, he describes explicitly his vision of a machine life becoming ever more developed until eventually it’s autonomous. At which point,”
Books mentioned in Gwern — Anonymous writer who predicted AI trajectory on $12K/year salary
From Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-11-13
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“fiction books that really impressed me was Dan Simmons' Hyperion, especially The Fall of Hyperion. In there, he alludes to Kevin Kelly's Out of Control book,”
“especially The Fall of Hyperion. In there, he alludes to Kevin Kelly's Out of Control book, which strongly features the parable of “The Library of Babel.” From there, I got the collected”
“especially The Fall of Hyperion. In there, he alludes to Kevin Kelly's Out of Control book, which strongly features the parable of “The Library of Babel.” From there, I got the collected”
“actually a subtle retelling of Dracula, where Dracula invades the town and steals the woman from him. He's been brainwashed by Dracula—in a very Bram Stoker way—to forget it all. Every”
“and insightful enough to actually change my view. One volume of Blindsight by Peter Watts is worth all hundred Xanth novels, or all 500 Expanded Universe novels of Star Wars.”