The singularity and the library

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.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Steele, Kirstin
Published in:	The Bottom Line. - Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISSN 2054-1724, ZDB-ID 2014372-2. - Vol. 24.2011, 4, p. 227-229
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subject:	Future \| Intelligence amplifiers \| Singularity \| Libraries \| Forward planning

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	viewpoint
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/08880451111193325 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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