PackyM's old sci-fi tech exploration now reads like an AI-era runbook
generativist · x · 2026-10-28
generativist revisits PackyM's exploration of sci-fi tech from several AI-decades ago: it was a cool, fun idea then, but given where technology stands now, "a remarkable amount of it is closer to a runbook" — yesterday's speculation has turned into an actionable engineering checklist.
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