"Genuine names" and going beyond the limits of cyberspace. Winj Vernor

Sometimes a work of science fiction is so visionary, so close to the scientific achievements of tomorrow that it by chance guesses the upcoming scientific breakthroughs and becomes a starting point for the amazing imagination of discoveries and developments. So the story of V. Winja, “General Names”, published in 1981, inspired the discussion of leading authorities in the field of artificial intelligence and scientific journalists - Timothy S. May, Danny Hillis, Marvin Minsk. In this collection, they comment on the ideas of “genuine names” and talk about modern innovations on the Internet and artificial intelligence.