To reduce pollution they start painting houses green

sounds neat

modern problems require modern solutions

*To reduce crime they stop selling a particular type of screwdriver*

to Anglo people

i bet he got that idea from those correlation graphs

Untill eventually the computer starts asking to meddle with individual people

And eventually they jam an hammer in the computer

hi Paul <:boomer:514203388704063489>

Mind you this was written when computers were as big as rooms

you big into sci fi

i like cyberpunk

<:boomer:514203388704063489>

fello all

william gibson invented cyberpunk

@M4Gunner cyberpunk is for babies

That sounds like one of his Multivac stories.

post nuclear test science fiction is the best

Yeah

Multivac best boy

There's still a few of them I haven't read.

I did enjoy...oh, I don't remember the name. The one where it's suicidal.

Oof

Yeah I remember that

meh, some of that old stuff is kinda boring

gibson was the first person to use the term cyberspace in 1982

@Gen Kumon have you read the one where multivac transcends space and time or something

The Last Question, yes.

Because I would love to find it again

It's the most well known Multivac story.

I presume it's the one you mean, where they keep asking it to reverse entropy.

@Gen Kumon the one where multivac "kidnaps" some dude that just died, to have him help destroy multivac himself

And it ends with Multivac's eventual successor saying "LET THERE BE LIGHT."

Oh, um...

The Last Answer?

Yea, it's a sort of sequel to the one you're talking about

any Sliders fans in the house?

Possibly

Though I don't think it's specified as Multivac.

Though it's implied via the title.

Yeah it's been years, I remember the general plot of most stories, but not the names