The Venn Diagram of Kurt Vonnegut, Alex Garland, Nature Imagery, and AI
Eco-Thoughts #2
Kurt Vonnegut's published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952. It's a searing critique of a futuristic, techno-capitalist society that's obsessed with automation and orderly profit. If that sounds familiar, then the prescience of entire book will floor you. It's hard to believe the novel was published over 70 years ago, given how relevant it seems to our current time, when tech CEOs promise that artificial intelligence will soon unleash a new era of human development and prosperity.
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