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I am suggesting that we recognize that in network and interface research there is something as profound (and potential wild) as Artificial Intelligence.
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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