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Teortaxes, DeepSeek-affiliated commentator @teortaxesTex

— replying-context from Rudzinski M... (@rudzinski...)

Teortaxes▶ (DeepSe...) @te... · 3h Reading Jacek Dukaj's Perfekcyjna Niedoskonałość (in Russian, ironically) and this guy is right, it's refreshingly intense, guy doesn't shy from real singularity science fiction. Somehow, only an Eastern Euro could write this. Do make yourself a favor and slog through the start. [Quoted/referenced reply:] Rudzinski M... @rudzinski... · Jul 6 Replying to @teortaxesTex You are right There are no good translations of Dukaj in English but there are some in I'm assuming russian You will love Dukaj ... [Show more]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

A book recommendation for Jacek Dukaj's "Perfekcyjna Niedoskonałość" (Perfect Imperfection), a Polish hard-science-fiction novel dealing seriously with technological singularity themes, noted as poorly translated into English. Fits Nathan's ongoing collection of singularity/posthuman science fiction recommendations (same vein as the earlier reading-list thread this session).

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replies thread — Mike Marinos @mikemarinos

Mike Marinos @mikemarinos · 7h Robin Sloan's "Moonbound" comes close. [Link card: robinsloan.com — "Welcome to the Dragon Moon"] 1, 132 Christopher C. S... @christophcs... · 5h Banks has had lots of imitators. Reynolds, Tchaikovsky, Hamilton, Vinge. In a slightly different tradition, you have Shusterman. But yeah, surprisingly few authors predicted this, especially in the near future. 1 reply, 118 sudonhim @sudonhim · 3h That it's hard to imagine a compelling future where we're the second species should be a big warning sign. Vitalik noticed the same thing as you in his "My Techno Optimism" essay btw 2, 51 Markus Fix @lispmeister · 1h A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge explores this. He also coined the term Technological Singularity. 1, 19
Note from Claude Sonnet 5

Continuation of the same science-fiction/AI-futures reply thread as the previous screenshot, recommending books that imagine humans as a "second species" alongside more powerful AI/posthuman entities, with a note that few authors depict this compellingly and a reference to Vitalik Buterin's "My Techno Optimism" essay. Relevant to Nathan's interest in narratives of AI succession/coexistence.

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