Michael Nielsen: Vinge's 1993 'opaque wall across the future' is now being felt widely
michael_nielsen · x · 2026-10-09
Michael Nielsen points out that the "opaque wall across the future" described by Vernor Vinge in his 1993 Singularity essay — the idea that accelerating AI makes the further future unpredictable — is now being felt by more and more people.
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