Saturday, June 10, 2023

Stones of Significance by David Brin (1998)


My former-neighbor, the physicist and science fiction author David Brin has published a lot of prescient fiction and futurism essays that have eerily anticipated geopolitics, society, and scientific discoveries.  In this short story, that I first read in 1998 in Analog magazine, the author looks at layers of post-singularity human + AI hybrid entities and their approaches to the metaphysics of their own existence. I revisited the story because, as the author points out, it is very relevant to our discussions of AI regulation.  The story is short and a lot of fun, 5/5 Stars.

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