Michael Nielsen: More People Now Feel Vinge's 'Opaque Wall Across the Future'
michael_nielsen · x · 2026-10-10
Michael Nielsen revisits the 'opaque wall across the future' from Vernor Vinge's 1993 singularity essay, arguing more people are now feeling it firsthand. A quoted joke pairs Rawls' veil of ignorance with this AI-era sense of unpredictability.
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