Vernor Vinge
Science fiction author whose stories inspired Wissner-Gross
Vernor Vinge (Science fiction author whose stories inspired Wissner-Gross) is discussed on podcasts in TMT.
Discussed in
Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Emad Mostaque debate the Superintelligence Force, Altman's risk comments, Claude's possible consciousness, open-weight models, robots and the Nobel Prizes.