I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.

When I began writing science fiction in the middle 60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months.

The voice was gentle, like a scalpel petting the short hairs of your throat.

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.

I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence.