Vinge's 1993 Singularity essay resurfaces: technological unemployment and tuning surprises
akbirthko · x · 2026-10-26
A repost of passages from Vernor Vinge's 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity," predicting automation replacing ever-higher-level jobs, technological unemployment, and a Singularity arriving faster than any prior revolution — possibly triggered unexpectedly while researchers were "just tweaking some parameters." An eerie read against today's AI wave.
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