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"There's a tendency to think that maybe if we can just throw enough hardware at the AI problem, then evolution can take care of the rest. Certainly that's how God went about making us."
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| Suit-Radio | ||
| A means of communication between two individuals clad in space suits. |
Very early use of this term; I think the idea was used a generation earlier, but I can't find the reference.
| "But I'll catch up," he promised as he made connection between his suit-radio and the Station communicator system. |
| From Long Way,
by George O. Smith. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1944 Additional resources -
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