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Author and professor of mathematics Vernor Vinge, best known for his "gripping hard science fiction" and introducing the concept of the technological singularity (AKA the Singularity)," died March 20 at age 79, Locus <https://locusmag.com/2024/03/vernor-vinge-1944-2024/> magazine reported. Vinges debut novel, Grimms World, was published in 1969. A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), the first book in the Zones of Thought series, won the Hugo Award, while the second title in the serie...

The former San Diego State University computer scientist wrote such popular books as 'Rainbows End' and 'A Fire Upon the Deep.'

Sci-fi author and computer scientist who coined the term ‘the Singularity’ to describe the rapid acceleration of AI

RIP Vernor Vinge, whose novels like "A Fire Upon The Deep" imagined AI surpassing humanity.

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Vernor Vinge’s writings heavily influenced futurists like Ray Kurzweil, who in turn influenced those at companies like OpenAI.

Author Vernor Vinge has died at age 79.

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As I may have mentioned on occasion, I love reading science fiction books and watching science fiction films. A couple of tomes that really caught my imagination were A Deepness in the Sky and A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. An underlying theme upon which these tales are layered is that our Milky…