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Vernor Vinge was (ouch) one of the greats. Coined the term singularity for the Next Big Transformation (most typically, but not necessarily, via tech). He's the first author I read who really helped me contextualize cyberpunk. (Didn't run into Stanislaw Lem's The Cyberiad until shortly after Vinge's True Names and Other Dangers.)

So it goes. Will have more to say. whatever.scalzi.com/2024/03/21 #ScienceFiction #SF #author #RIP #SoItGoes #cyberpunk #XR #ExtendedReality #AI #generativeAI #LLM #LLMs

Whatever · RIP, Vernor VingeAuthor and friend of Vernor David Brin made the announcement in a Facebook post, and I’ve seen it confirmed elsewhere as well that Vernor Vinge, who three times won the Hugo for best novel, h…