Chapter 29 (p. 312)
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“I can’t tell you how much happier I’d be meeting a bunch of artificial intelligences if I also happened to have one on my side.”
“Can we drop the ‘artificial intelligence’? It’s a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system.”
— Alastair Reynolds
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“Can we drop the ‘artificial intelligence’? It’s a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system.”" in the context of "Chapter 29 (p. 312)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a British science fiction author.
About Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a British science fiction author.
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