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Nature 440, 411 (23 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440411a; Published online 22 March 2006

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2020 Computing: The creativity machine

Vernor Vinge1

  1. Vernor Vinge is an emeritus professor of computer science at San Diego State University. His novel Rainbows End (2006) considers the Internet of 2025.

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What will emerge from using the Internet as a research tool? The answer, Vernor Vinge argues, will be limited only by our imaginations.

We humans have built a creativity machine. It's the sum of three things: a few hundred million computers, a communication system connecting those computers, and some millions of human beings using those computers and communications.

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