Isn't it kinda fascinating that 'Rainbow's end' called it ( among other things )?

mapontosevenths 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Vinge is one of my favorite authors, and I read both Rainbows End and Synthetic Serendipity years ago. I'm not sure I can figure out why they're relevant here though. Can you elaborate?

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nullbound 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure. The connection is not direct, but I think that was the first book I read that explictly predicted a need to start poisoning data sets ( I think org in the book was called friend of privacy ) and to disprupt alternative reality monopoly efforts, its flooded with believable garbage. The connection may not be as clear, because it not mention AI in that capacity, but predicts human's reactions to corporate efforts.

I never read Synthetic Serendipity though so you got me curious.

	▲	mapontosevenths 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ahh. Makes sense. Sometimes I forgot how prescient that book was. I read it after a lot of the predictions had already come true. In some cases it felt like the books tech was just an alternative to tech we already had by the time I read it, and while reading it I had to remind myself that when it was written we were still a year out from the iPhone. > I never read Synthetic Serendipity though so you got me curious. It's a short story based on a couple of chapters in the book. I think that some versions of the book included it? Either way you can read it here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/synthetic-serendipity