Both Anissimov and Tolstoy appear to me to be engaging in hyperbole. Further, Tolstoy was writing in the end of the nineteenth century—computers didn’t exist, much less the idea of general artificial intelligence.
Both Anissimov and Tolstoy appear to me to be engaging in hyperbole. Further, Tolstoy was writing in the end of the nineteenth century—computers didn’t exist, much less the idea of general artificial intelligence.