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The singularity and the library.
- Source :
- Bottom Line; 2011, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p227-229, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Purpose – This article aims to consider what libraries might be used for after machines become smarter than humans. Design/methodology/approach – The article considers how Vernor Vinge's novel Across Realtime and his essay "The coming technological singularity" inform possible library futures. Findings – Libraries might become havens for humans left out of the high-tech future, or museums for defunct technologies, or vanish completely. Originality/value – The article expands discussion of the library's future beyond the foreseeable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0888045X
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bottom Line
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 67721108
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/08880451111193325