5 ms·
"Just stories" got us the water bed and communications satellites (Heinlein and Clarke). "Just stories" inspired the iPhone (Star Trek) and ChatGPT (Asimov, Hom
by slowmovintarget 4y ago
"Just stories" got us the water bed and communications satellites (Heinlein and Clarke). "Just stories" inspired the iPhone (Star Trek) and ChatGPT (Asimov, Homer) in the first place.
Science fiction takes on AI run the gamut of human opinion, because they are products of human consideration on the subject. They explore consequences through speculation, and are as valid as your opinions posted here.
- fauxpause_ 4y agoNo they didn’t. They predicted them, but there is very little reason to think that these things would not have existed but for these sci fi stories. Anyone can have a take. The fact that they write a fun story about their take does not make their take any more valid than it originally was.
- antibasilisk 4y ago>They predicted them No, Steve Jobs cited Star Trek directly as inspiration for the iPhone and iPad.
- fauxpause_ 4y agoThat’s great. But we would still have smart phones and tablet computers without Star Trek and it’s pretty naive to think otherwise.