Prediction · ASI
Vernor Vinge on ASI
Said
Superhuman intelligences should be created between twenty and one hundred years from now.
Source summary · not a verbatim quotation.
Expected 2003–2083
Vinge discussed computer science and biological science, leaving the substrate open. The forecast concerned a transition beyond human intelligence, including possible human-computer augmentation.
- Original terminology
- superhuman intelligences
Source notes
Transcript of Vinge's original Omni essay; the article itself identifies his academic role.