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06-10-19, 03:12 PM

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Maybe my point was too subtle--the predictions were sentient AI within 5 years. Neither the predictions of the timeline nor the actual emerging technology were correct.

Those kind of ignorant predictions tell us nothing about more informed predictions.

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Those kind of ignorant predictions tell us nothing about more informed predictions.

2013-08-29.

p.s. Bonus points 1991-12-04. (Hint 1968-03-02 premier 1968-03-03 nationwide.)

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2013-08-29.

P.s. Bonus points 1991-12-04. (hint 1968-03-02 premier 1968-03-03 nationwide.)

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06-10-19, 11:08 PM

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06-11-19, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by mr_bill

2013-08-29.

p.s. Bonus points 1991-12-04. (Hint 1968-03-02 premier 1968-03-03 nationwide.)

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Arthur C. Clarke was definitely not an uninformed speculator, either. The man thought up geostationary communications satellites in 1945, ffs.

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Computer legend has it that most of the pertinent modern concepts in computing were demonstrated in one demonstration in 1968.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

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