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LogicFailsMetoday at 5:52 PM2 repliesview on HN

Now why'd you'd have to ejaculate that into the conversation?

Anyway, Minsky, perceptrons, great debunking of AI hype at the time, but a horrible person, ya know, just like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov.

https://www.christopherkremmer.com/post/to-sir-with-love

https://web.archive.org/web/20240519113411/https://skepchick...

Anyway, they're all dead. Can we move on? Although I remain astonished that Foundation got made when they cancelled Sandman and Good Omens after Neil Gaiman turned out to be pretty awful too. Maybe you have to still be alive to matter? What exactly are the rules here? I am so confused by this.


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justin66today at 6:16 PM

I believe the remains of Asimov's literary legacy are probably managed by his daughter along with an agent. Presumably most of the money goes to her too, but I have no idea. In any case she always seemed nice enough.

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warumdarumtoday at 6:53 PM

If you have a monsters hunger you produce a angels worth of work to be "tolerated" by society that rightfully despises you?