Post #1732315
2026-04-27 02:14 UTC
Predictions in William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’ (1983)
*The internet (Cyberspace)
*Virtual Reality (simstim)
*Sentient AI (Wintermute and Neuromancer)
*Computers that gather and summarize data from the internet - like LLMs do today
*Self-driving taxis
*Temperfoam mattresses
*Cosmetic surgery for affordable beauty
*Harvesting organs from non-consenting humans
*Widespread drug use
*Cybernetics - tech embedded in humans
#neuromancer #sciencefiction
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@NigelTufnel@musician.social 2026-04-27 02:16
Predictions in ‘Neuromancer’, continued *Unregulated zones that drive cybernetic development - like AI and Fintech today *Demise of written literacy in favor of holographic display of systems and data - like videos instead of words today *Dominance of corporations over governments *Widespread pollution that has poisoned the environment *Urban sprawl and its decay *Hacking and data theft as a profession #neuromancer #sciencefiction 2/3