《雪崩》（Snow Crash）、《编码宝典》（Cryptonomicon），都是尼尔·斯蒂芬森写的。另外理查德·鲍尔斯的《耕作黑暗》（Plowing the Dark）和《加拉忒亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）也是一对很棒的小说。有时候你确实需要优秀的小说来给自己找点灵感。
Snow Crash, Cryptonmicon. Both are by Neal Stephenson. Another pair of good fiction novels are Plowing the Dark and Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers. Sometimes you need good fiction to inspire you.
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers It's about a "resident humanist" at a research institution who makes an improbable bet with a computer scientist/AI researcher. For people in tech, it's a fantastic read.
几部精选小说：丹尼尔·苏亚雷斯的《Daemon》、尼尔·斯蒂芬森的《雪崩》（Snow Crash）、理查德·鲍尔斯的《金甲虫变奏曲》（Gold Bug Variations）、理查德·鲍尔斯的《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）、斯科特·迈耶的《去当魔法师》（Off to Be the Wizard）、恩斯特·克莱恩的《头号玩家》（Ready Player One）、威廉·吉布森的《神经漫游者》（Neuromancer）、托马斯·J·瑞安的《P-1的青春期》（The Adolescence Of P-1，我小时候看的）
Some choice fiction: Daemon, by Daniel Suarez Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers Galatea 2.2, by Richard Powers Off to Be the Wizard, by Scott Meyer Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline Neuromancer, by William Gibson The Adolescence Of P-1, by Thomas J. Ryan (from when I was just a kid)
我也附议推荐。理查德·鲍尔斯是一位天赋异禀的作家。虽然有点跑题，但多年前他也写过一本关于 AI 的神作《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2），一点也不危言耸听，而是更聚焦于人性的维度。https://www.amazon.com/Galatea-2-2-Richard-Powers/dp/0312423...
I'll second the recommendation. Richard Powers is an incredibly talented author. It's somewhat off topic but many years ago he also authored a great book on AI (Galatea 2.2) that wasn't alarmist but focused more on the human element. https://www.amazon.com/Galatea-2-2-Richard-Powers/dp/0312423...
I'd recommend Richard Powers' Galatea 2.2. Another "AI by accident" novel, but one with a backdrop of mid 1990s CS as the author was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois during the time when NCSA Mosaic (arguably the first fully…
……看到一条评论说有人读过《树冠众生》（The Overstory）。理查德·鲍尔斯是我们这个时代最杰出的美国小说家。纵观他的所有作品，HN 这帮人会特别喜欢《犁暗》（Plowing the Dark）和《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）。要想深入探究现代科技对社会的影响，没有比读理查德·鲍尔斯更好的途径了。毫不夸张地说，读鲍尔斯从根本上改变了我人生的……
…read a comment about someone who had read The Overstory. Richard Powers is the preeminent American novelist of our time. With respect to all his works, HN types will especially enjoy Plowing the Dark and Galatea 2.2. There is no better way to dig deep into the effects of modern technology on society than to read Richard Powers. It is no exaggeration to say that reading Powers fundamentally changed the course of…
《雪崩》（Snow Crash）、《编码宝典》（Cryptonomicon），都是尼尔·斯蒂芬森写的。另外理查德·鲍尔斯的《耕作黑暗》（Plowing the Dark）和《加拉忒亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）也是一对很棒的小说。有时候你确实需要优秀的小说来给自己找点灵感。
Snow Crash, Cryptonmicon. Both are by Neal Stephenson. Another pair of good fiction novels are Plowing the Dark and Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers. Sometimes you need good fiction to inspire you.
理查德·鲍尔斯的《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）。讲的是科研机构里的一位“驻院人文学者”跟一位计算机科学家/AI研究员打了个离谱的赌。对技术圈的人来说，这是一本绝妙的读物。
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers It's about a "resident humanist" at a research institution who makes an improbable bet with a computer scientist/AI researcher. For people in tech, it's a fantastic read.
几部精选小说：丹尼尔·苏亚雷斯的《Daemon》、尼尔·斯蒂芬森的《雪崩》（Snow Crash）、理查德·鲍尔斯的《金甲虫变奏曲》（Gold Bug Variations）、理查德·鲍尔斯的《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）、斯科特·迈耶的《去当魔法师》（Off to Be the Wizard）、恩斯特·克莱恩的《头号玩家》（Ready Player One）、威廉·吉布森的《神经漫游者》（Neuromancer）、托马斯·J·瑞安的《P-1的青春期》（The Adolescence Of P-1，我小时候看的）
Some choice fiction: Daemon, by Daniel Suarez Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers Galatea 2.2, by Richard Powers Off to Be the Wizard, by Scott Meyer Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline Neuromancer, by William Gibson The Adolescence Of P-1, by Thomas J. Ryan (from when I was just a kid)
我也附议推荐。理查德·鲍尔斯是一位天赋异禀的作家。虽然有点跑题，但多年前他也写过一本关于 AI 的神作《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2），一点也不危言耸听，而是更聚焦于人性的维度。https://www.amazon.com/Galatea-2-2-Richard-Powers/dp/0312423...
I'll second the recommendation. Richard Powers is an incredibly talented author. It's somewhat off topic but many years ago he also authored a great book on AI (Galatea 2.2) that wasn't alarmist but focused more on the human element. https://www.amazon.com/Galatea-2-2-Richard-Powers/dp/0312423...
我推荐理查德·鲍尔斯的《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）。又一部“意外诞生 AI”的小说，但背景设定在 90 年代中期的计算机界，因为当时作者恰好在伊利诺伊大学担任客座教授，正是 NCSA Mosaic（可以说是有史以来第一个完整的……）诞生的时期……
I'd recommend Richard Powers' Galatea 2.2. Another "AI by accident" novel, but one with a backdrop of mid 1990s CS as the author was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois during the time when NCSA Mosaic (arguably the first fully…
……看到一条评论说有人读过《树冠众生》（The Overstory）。理查德·鲍尔斯是我们这个时代最杰出的美国小说家。纵观他的所有作品，HN 这帮人会特别喜欢《犁暗》（Plowing the Dark）和《加拉泰亚 2.2》（Galatea 2.2）。要想深入探究现代科技对社会的影响，没有比读理查德·鲍尔斯更好的途径了。毫不夸张地说，读鲍尔斯从根本上改变了我人生的……
…read a comment about someone who had read The Overstory. Richard Powers is the preeminent American novelist of our time. With respect to all his works, HN types will especially enjoy Plowing the Dark and Galatea 2.2. There is no better way to dig deep into the effects of modern technology on society than to read Richard Powers. It is no exaggeration to say that reading Powers fundamentally changed the course of…