The Turing Option: A Prophetic Vision of Modern AI

Recently, I found myself reminiscing about a sci-fi novel I read in high school: The Turing Option by Marvin Minsky and Harry Harrison. Published in 1992, this book has been on my mind as I&rsquo;ve watched the recent explosion in development of modern AI. What stands out isn&rsquo;t just that it was co-authored by Minsky: one of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence&ndash;but how many…