[–] irdc 18d ago ↗ Oops, link got munged. Should be: https://archive.org/details/1958-02_IF/page/4/mode/2up
[–] HelloUsername 18d ago ↗ Previous discussion 09.nov.2009 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=931273 32 comments [–] rtb 18d ago ↗ It hits very differently in 2026 with people outsourcing their thinking to AI [–] imron 18d ago ↗ Profession (also by Asimov) takes it even further - https://www.abelard.org/asimov.php
[–] rtb 18d ago ↗ It hits very differently in 2026 with people outsourcing their thinking to AI [–] imron 18d ago ↗ Profession (also by Asimov) takes it even further - https://www.abelard.org/asimov.php
[–] imron 18d ago ↗ Profession (also by Asimov) takes it even further - https://www.abelard.org/asimov.php
[–] aghuang 18d ago ↗ Would like to know the thoughts of others around this book who are looking at this in 2026 vs 2009.
[–] thriving_earthw 18d ago ↗ Epub version is 170mb — is there an easy way to compress or download in a format I can send to an e-reader? [–] sogen 18d ago ↗ found a light 18k ePub version here: https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~friedan/physics_readings/As...and a text version here: https://hex.ooo/library/power.html [–] thriving_earthw 12d ago ↗ Thank you!
[–] sogen 18d ago ↗ found a light 18k ePub version here: https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~friedan/physics_readings/As...and a text version here: https://hex.ooo/library/power.html [–] thriving_earthw 12d ago ↗ Thank you!
[–] alabut 18d ago ↗ Reminds me of the Butlerian Jihad in Dune and how the anti-ai revolt led to the rise of human thinking machines. They're the ones that roll back their eyes in the movies when they're calculating. [–] euroderf 18d ago ↗ In the Lynch version the mentat Thufir has a short rap where he is getting the house's defensive systems in order. Cool stuff."Sector six-eighty, copy the sixth the sum of the eighth quadrant of the ninth plus eight-four circles weave the eighth quarter the fourth, copy!"
[–] euroderf 18d ago ↗ In the Lynch version the mentat Thufir has a short rap where he is getting the house's defensive systems in order. Cool stuff."Sector six-eighty, copy the sixth the sum of the eighth quadrant of the ninth plus eight-four circles weave the eighth quarter the fourth, copy!"
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"Sector six-eighty, copy the sixth the sum of the eighth quadrant of the ninth plus eight-four circles weave the eighth quarter the fourth, copy!"