Vinge, V. (1993) The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era. Lewis Research Center, Vision 21: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in the Era of Cyberspace: pp. 11–22.
Žižek, S. (2020) Sex and the Fail…Vinge, V. (1993) The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era. Lewis Research Center, Vision 21: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in the Era of Cyberspace: pp. 11–22.
Žižek, S. (2020) Sex and the Fail…
Vernor Vinge
writer · 3 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Vernor Vinge is a science fiction author and computer scientist best known for articulating the concept of the technological singularity—the hypothetical point at which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, fundamentally transforming civilization. His 1993 essay "The Coming Technological Singularity" appears as a foundational text for the seminar's engagement with how AI futures are imagined and theorized, providing both a technical framework and a speculative narrative that allows the course to examine singularity discourse as both scientific speculation and cultural mythology. Žižek's invocation of Vinge suggests the seminar is using singularity theory to probe the ideological structures embedded in techno-utopianism and posthuman fantasies.
Mentioned in 2 readings
Appears alongside
People mentioned in the same passages — sorted by co-occurrence weight.