How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI?
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How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 5 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #28 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 06:22 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 06:52 UTC.
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Not mentioning Peter Watts here is criminal, because he came unnervingly close to nailing it. The voice of Rorschach in Blindsight is very similar to early LLMs. And, well, hopefully the dead internet of Starfish doesn't turn out to be a prophecy but I'm getting nervous.
It's interesting how the Hard SF authors (at least, the ones I read) had poorer predictions than the more fantasy-like ones. Asimov, who was considered a giant of the field, thought that AI (robots) would have difficulty with ambiguity, creativity, and lying. This trend extends all the way to Star Trek's Data.…
It's gonna be cool to reevaluate that in few years. Different stories might move to the top as real world AIs capabilities grow and new behaviors manifest.
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#28 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 6, 06:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (5 checks) since.
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11 points and 6 comments; submitted by jamesjyu on Nov 6, 2026.