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Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.

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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
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Science Fiction Writer
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Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
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