VC: only Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land predicted LLMs
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-11-01
Investor Stewart Alsop III notes that no one predicted LLMs except Robert Heinlein in "A Stranger in a Strange Land," and says it's time for a reread — his last read was before LLMs arrived. A light observation linking classic sci-fi to the current AI wave.
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