WWW
Wake
by Robert J. Sawyer · first published 2009
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One of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation(SF Site) comes to Ace with a trilogy of the Webs awakening.Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at mathand blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlins brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigate online. So when she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality, the landscape of the World Wide Web explodes into her consciousness, spreading out all around her in a riot of colors and shapes. While ex
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yeah, totally... I knew a couple of folks from our local association for the blind who took computer science classes in college. Also, see WWW:Wake from Robert Sawyer.
on “Wondering if there are any blind programmers?” ↗I'd like to recommend the WWW Trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer. It explores the thoughts behind the instilment of conciousness and awareness. A highly thought provoking read that has a lot of neat parallels to this article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWW_Trilogy
on “What Do Animals See in a Mirror?” ↗I recently read Robert J Sawyer's "WWW Trilogy", in which the main character has her blindness cured via technology [not a spoiler; reader knows this going into the first book]. The main character's acclimation to and approach to sight throughout…
on “What People Cured of Blindness See” ↗If it wasn't for Robert J. Sawyer's WWW trilogy I would never have heard of "the bicameral mind". The first book in particular is brimming with it.
on “The “bicameral mind” 30 years on: A reappraisal of Jaynes’ hypothesis (2007)” ↗Oddly enough I just turned the page and found the scifi book I'm reading discuss this controversy. Apparently Chomsky and Pinker are noted ape-communication skeptics. (The book I'm reading: http://www.amazon.com/WWW-Trilogy-Robert-J-Sawyer/dp/0441018...)
on “Apes may be closer to speaking than many scientists think” ↗The first I heard of this book was when I read “WWW: Wake” by Robert J. Sawyer, which regards an emergent global AI out of the Internet. “WWW: Wake” also tries to demonstrate the emergent global AI's development into having a bicameral mind through China…
on “The “bicameral mind” 30 years on (2007)” ↗Robert Sawyer's WWW trilogy Incorporated bicameralism into the trilogy's AI development.
on “The science of Westworld” ↗What did you think of Robert J. Sawyer's WWW trilogy, particularly the first book which features the bicameral mind rather prominently?
on “The “bicameral mind” 30 years on: A reappraisal of Jaynes’ hypothesis (2007)” ↗There was a related chapter the last book of Robert J. Sawyer's "WWW Trilogy". The AI throughout the thread survives for long enough to see Humanity evacuate the Earth given Sol's transformation to swallow the inner planets. Copies of the Original AI had been spread…
on “Boeing to Suspend 737 Max Production in January” ↗