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His short story "Dial F for Frankenstein" (1961) [1] might be a better candidate for an early example of the genre. No programming is involved, but there's no m
by mannykannot 7y ago
His short story "Dial F for Frankenstein" (1961) [1] might be a better candidate for an early example of the genre. No programming is involved, but there's no magic explained away as technology, either.
For prescience, however, I don't know of anything that beats Murray Leinster's "A Logic Named Joe" (1946) [2].
[1] https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2506 https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2506
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/19/a_logic_named_joe/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/19/a_logic_named_joe/