Bruce Sterling's 1999 story "Homo sapiens declared extinct" resurfaces in the AI era
ArtificialOther · x · 2026-10-19
ArtificialOther shares Bruce Sterling's 1999 short piece "Homo sapiens declared extinct," a news-bulletin-style imagining of humanity being superseded by a higher intelligence. With AI acceleration in full swing, this decades-old piece reads like a prophecy being tested, making it a fun thought experiment worth revisiting.
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