In Search of Dignity: Kurt Vonnegut Predicts AI (In "Player Piano")

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LeftHandPath · 7h ago

I picked up Player Piano, which had been collecting dust on my shelf, yesterday, and quickly found myself having blitzed through it in its entirety by the evening.

The book has many elements and predictions that feel dated, and a lot more that feel like they might've been made yesterday. Highly relevant to the cultural effects of automation. It puts its finger on the nose of the obvious questions that have somehow gone un-asked in current dialogues -- importantly, as the linked article quotes, "What are people for?"

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In Search of Dignity: Kurt Vonnegut Predicts AI (In "Player Piano")

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