Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
Vernor VingeOne of his greatest talents was empathy; no sadist can aspire to perfection without that diagnostic ability.
Vernor VingeThe work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
Vernor VingeIA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.
Vernor Vinge