Machines Like Us

In this Computerworld interview, artificial intelligence pioneer Vernor Vinge, 62, warns about the risks and opportunities that an electronic super-intelligence would offer to mankind.

Vinge is a retired San Diego State University professor of mathematics, computer scientist, and science fiction author. He is well-known for his 1993 manifesto, The Coming Technological Singularity, in which he argues that exponential growth in technology means a point will be reached where the consequences are unknown. Vinge still believes in this future, which he thinks would come anytime after 2020.

Read entire interview in Computerworld