"Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently." — Vernor Vinge

"Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently."

— Vernor Vinge

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41 Quotes by Vernor Vinge

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What we have is a data glut.
And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental…
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.
Politics is good; when it works properly, disagreements get solved without people beating each other up. But when a regime…
Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths.
Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.
Sometimes terror and pain are not the best levers; deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least…
Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.
We’re long on high principles and short on simple human understanding.
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to…
The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can…
Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

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