Facts about Vernor Vinge

Occup.Writer
FromUSA
BornFebruary 10, 1944
Age80 years

Summary

Vernor Vinge is a famous Writer from USA, he/she is 80 years old and still alive, born February 10, 1944.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 22 quotes who is written / told by Vernor.

22 Famous quotes by Vernor Vinge

Small: How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
"How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?"
Small: Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and eve
"Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace"
Small: It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules
"It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules"
Small: We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly l
"We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light"
Small: The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors
"The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors"
Small: Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded
"Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded"
Small: Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do it
"Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection"
Small: And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think Id be more comfortable if I were regar
"And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty"
Small: The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility
"The physical extinction of the human race is one possibility"
Small: When I began writing science fiction in the middle 60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took dec
"When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months"
Small: The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humani
"The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity"
Small: In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorith
"In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds"
Small: I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth
"I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth"
Small: IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers
"IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is"
Small: I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound
"I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence"
Small: When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project
"When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project"
Small: Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things
"Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things"
Small: But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some s
"But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence"
Small: But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will
"But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will"
Small: Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence
"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence"
Small: The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, b
"The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being"
Small: I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequenc
"I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology"