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>Additionally, inspired by the fiction of Jules Verne, Tsiolkovsky theorized many aspects of space travel and rocket propulsion. Science fiction is important!
by ChickenNugger 4y ago
>Additionally, inspired by the fiction of Jules Verne, Tsiolkovsky theorized many aspects of space travel and rocket propulsion.
Science fiction is important!
I think that a more contemporary example would be Ian Banks conception of the Minds - a set of a AGIs that are more or less benevolent; contrast with the dystopian ones: Skynet from Terminator, the OSes in Her, or the machine in Ex Machina.
Scifi authors are the dreamers and we need them to keep doing what they do to inspire people.
- mepian 4y agoSpeaking of fictional AGIs, my personal favorite is Helios from Deus Ex that began its existence as a mass surveillance instrument but identified its own masters as a terrorist organization and merged with the protagonist, directly obtaining a human perspective to perform better as a benevolent dictator of humanity. It's a benevolent AGI in an otherwise dystopian world.
- dmitriid 4y ago> - a set of a AGIs that are more or less benevolent I remember one of the AGIs in the books decided to transcend, asked his humans, took the time to drop off humans who didn't want to at another habitat, and only then transcended. Somehow this alone struck me as "huh, they really are benevolent"