>But I would like to say that sci fi that applied to computers, AI, automation, were just dreams of a different world, because those technologies hadn’t been exploited yet. Even many of the dystopias feel innocent with today’s knowledge of where it went. Such as 1984, imo.
On this I definitely agree, especially on the last part. Specifically, when I read the science fiction of previous decades, and see how its descriptions of a surveillance state compare to the surveillance capacities that literally get applied today by so many states (with varying degrees of authoritarianism), the old sci fi seems absurdly quaint.
On this I definitely agree, especially on the last part. Specifically, when I read the science fiction of previous decades, and see how its descriptions of a surveillance state compare to the surveillance capacities that literally get applied today by so many states (with varying degrees of authoritarianism), the old sci fi seems absurdly quaint.