Reader stunned by how accurately a sci-fi novel predicted today's agent interactions
granawkins · x · 2026-10-09
Grant Hawkins notes that rereading how the character Manfred interacts with his agents in chapters 2-4 of the sci-fi classic is "mind-blowingly accurate" to how AI agents have actually panned out — a fun look back at fiction that anticipated today's human-agent workflows.
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