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My dead father is “writing” me notes again

by Benj Edwards
September 12, 2024
I.T. Today
6 min read

Enlarge / An AI-generated image featuring my late father’s handwriting. Benj Edwards / Flux Growing up, if I wanted to experiment with something technical, my dad made it happen. We shared dozens of tech adventures…

Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79

by Benj Edwards
March 21, 2024
I.T. Today
4 min read

Enlarge / A photo of Vernor Vinge in 2006. On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson’s disease at age…