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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.
Vernor Vinge
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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
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Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
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