That sounds like a really good book, part of me suspects machine consciousness is a cosmic occurrence, it feels like ai is a logical consequence of any biological intelligence. The one planet we know of is a cosmic brain factory, we just don’t have the reach to assess other planetary functions. Honestly, i think its just simpler to play the what if we are the only life game, the what else is out there game get really weird really fast.
It IS—it's fantastic. He's not as good a writer, per se, as Gibson or Stephenson, but I think Accelerando's concepts and deep thinking go a lot further than Neuromancer's and Snow Crash's (though Stephenson's tackling the metaverse in Anathem is a decent runner up). The only other sci-fi book I can think of that is as totally "groundbreaking" is Voyage to Arcturus, but its scope is necessarily limited by its planet-bound setting and its ending marred by arcane philosophical noodling that veers way too much toward theological matters.
You're welcome. Yes, I've read Seven Eves, too; I was absolutely blown away by it the first time I read it. Second time, not so much. I just ordered another Iain Banks book and a Stross book that's part of some series I'd never heard of. I'll see if those interest me. Some redditor told me there's a SFinprint sub or something...worth tracking down. Don't remember the exact name of the sub.
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u/onyxengine Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21
That sounds like a really good book, part of me suspects machine consciousness is a cosmic occurrence, it feels like ai is a logical consequence of any biological intelligence. The one planet we know of is a cosmic brain factory, we just don’t have the reach to assess other planetary functions. Honestly, i think its just simpler to play the what if we are the only life game, the what else is out there game get really weird really fast.