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vannevar ◴[] No.43644575[source]
I don't think Asimov envisioned a world where AI would be controlled by a clique of ultra-wealthy oligarchs.
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1. tumsfestival ◴[] No.43644959[source]
I remember reading his book 'The Naked Sun' back in highschool and one of the things that stuck to me was how Earth was kind of a dump bereft of robots, meanwhile the Spacer humans were incredibly rich, had a low population and their society was run by robots doing all the menial work. You could argue he envisioned our current world even if accidentally.