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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That’s a pretty obscure reference, at least in English. For those wondering, I found this in a bibliography of Stanisław Lem:

    Bomba megabitowa (The Megabit Bomb, 1999) – Collection of essays about the potential downside of technology, including terrorism and artificial intelligence.

    • rottingleafEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Well, yes, it may be obscure, but it’s amazing to see our development so well described with the feel of something retrofuturistic, think Pascal, monochrome terminal displays, Nostromo-like spaceships …

      TBF I’m not sure which things I remember from there and which from Summa Technologiae.