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Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman Sci-Fi Author: In my book | invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus 5:49 PM - Nov 8, 2021

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Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman Sci-Fi Author: In my book | invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus 5:49 PM - Nov 8, 2021
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Josh Wells (josh@fediscience.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 19:05:00 JST Josh Wells
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Jargon and milestones throughout CS comes from the arts.
First programmer? Daughter of the poet Byron.
Robots? From a Czech play in the 1920s.
Cyber[insert concept]? Famous science fiction novel.
And so on … obliviousness to these cultural debts is what makes the torment nexus possible

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