# Connected Artifacts Might Seem to Wake Up by Vernor Vinge > "If networking is widespread enough (into ubiquitous embedded systems), it may seem as if our artifacts as a whole had suddenly wakened." > **— Vernor Vinge**, *1993, “The Coming Technological Singularity,” VISION-21 Symposium* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Vernor Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity, university-hosted text](https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~vinge/misc/singularity.html). Vinge describes a possible network-level appearance of agency without establishing phenomenal consciousness. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Collective Intelligence|Collective Intelligence]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/The Coming Technological Singularity|The Coming Technological Singularity]] - [[wiki/Collective Intelligence|Collective Intelligence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "If networking is widespread enough (into ubiquitous embedded systems), it may seem as if our artifacts as a whole had suddenly wakened." — Vernor Vinge, 1993, “The Coming Technological Singularity,” VISION-21 Symposium https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vinge-connected-artifacts-wake ```