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		thisjepisje on April 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the Great Filter, existential threats, and grie... >as its still perfectly reasonable to expect a simulated race to have some physical presence and desire to explore the universe Greg Egan's Diaspora is a nice sf novel exploring this theme.

Sapient on April 12, 2015 [–]

Yep, last time I made a comment about Accelerando, someone also pointed me to Diaspora. I finished it about 2 weeks ago, it was mind-blowing and I could not put it down. The reason I don't mention it though, is because its easier to relate our future to Accelerando than to the pure AI's in Diaspora.

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