Stones Of Significance by David Brin

Author:David Brin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-02-17T08:00:00+00:00

It felt very much like that when the Singularity came.

In a matter of weeks, the typical human brain acquired several new layers — strata that were far more capable at planning and foresight than those old-fashioned lamps on the brow. Promethean layers made of crystal and fluctuating fields, systematically probing the future as mere protoplasm never could. Moreover, the new tiers were better informed and less easily distracted than the former masters, the prefrontal lobes.

Quickly, we all realized how luckily things had turned out. If machines were destined to achieve such power, it seemed best that they bond to humanity in this way. That they become human. The alternative — watching our creations achieve godlike heights and leaving us behind — would have been too harsh to bear.

Yet, the transition felt like jumping from a bridge at the end of a rubber band.

It took some getting used to.

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