Vernor Vinge

I have come to kill you."The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try.

— Vernor Vinge

“From this era on, I think invention will be the parent of necessity – and not the other way around.’ That was…

— Vernor Vinge

How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.

— Vernor Vinge

All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge....And now revenge was…

— Vernor Vinge

Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world…

— Vernor Vinge

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

— Vernor Vinge

“Tycoon had a peddler's talent for using words to redefine reality.”

— Vernor Vinge

It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.

— Vernor Vinge

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

— Vernor Vinge

“I’m a librarian, not a leader.” “You’re both! Librarians and archeologists have always been the ones to bring civilization back.”

— Vernor Vinge

“While We are out of Touch or How to Survive and Prosper during the Next Thirty Minutes by Your Friend, the Mysterious…

— Vernor Vinge

If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn.

— Vernor Vinge

“Over the last few weeks, some newsgroups have been full of tales of war and battle fleets, of billions dying in the…

— Vernor Vinge

Hexapodia as the key insight...I haven't had a chance to see the famous video from Straumli Realm, except as an evocation. (My…

— Vernor Vinge

“Nau had been very careful that enough nukes remained. If necessary, he could play the old, old game of total disaster management.…

— Vernor Vinge

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness…

— Vernor Vinge

“Sst. Johanna? Are you okay? Telemetry showed a problem with the skiff. Johanna?” It was Nevil’s voice, a loud whisper. She reached…

— Vernor Vinge

Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

— Vernor Vinge

Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of technology, and found myself precipitated over an abyss. It's a problem we face every…

— Vernor Vinge

Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.

— Vernor Vinge

The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.

— Vernor Vinge

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

— Vernor Vinge

“Hexapodia as the key insight”

— Vernor Vinge

IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.

— Vernor Vinge

“languages. Notice how they almost make sense, some of them.’ ‘Yes, and that’s”

— Vernor Vinge