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Super cool! Also, a character visualizes data this way in Watts' "Blindsight" novel.
by w1 6y ago
Super cool! Also, a character visualizes data this way in Watts' "Blindsight" novel.
- fab1an 6y agoCame here to say this! That creepy cool chernoff face utilizing vampire captain. So cool.
- outworlder 6y agoGiven that humans were prey for vampires, the variables selected by the captain showed faces in different states of anguish, which the predator was well-equipped to detect. So it is even creepier.
- outworlder 6y agoYeap, that was my introduction to the concept. Blindsight is wonderful. A bit difficult to follow at a time due to the 'unique' writing style. In the same novel it tackles uploading consciousness, vampires, artificial intelligence, aliens, psychology (heavily) and a few more things. I've yet to find a better description of what would be an actual alien lifeform. Even if it is biased a bit on marine biology given the author's qualifications, the oceans are host to the most 'alien' environments we are aware of that still contain life. I still can't wrap my head on the concept of the Icarus Array though. Anyway, for the uninitiated: https://rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm https://rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm