But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence. (Vernor Vinge)

But every time our ability to access information and to communicate it to others is improved, in some sense we have achieved an increase over natural intelligence.

Vernor Vinge

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