Thinking about the new AI that has been rolled out, it reminded me of Shalmaneser (enormous supercomputer) in John Brunner's work "Stand on Zanzibar", which is a fantastic novel.

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Thinking about the new AI that has been rolled out, it reminded me of Shalmaneser (enormous supercomputer) in John Brunner's work "Stand on Zanzibar", which is a fantastic novel. (www.goodreads.com)

Predicted a lot of things back in 1968 about the world of "today" (present-day in the book is 2010). A lot of events in the book are things the WEF/etc are working on.

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I'll have to check those out, thanks!

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You're welcome! If you watch the movie, or read the first book/whole series, I'd like to read what you think of it/them, particularly in relation to current-world "AI" happenings.

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