# The Singularity Could Bring Technological Unemployment by Vernor Vinge > "The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. In the coming of the Singularity, we are seeing the predictions of true technological unemployment finally come true." > **— 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’s 1993 forecast connects concentrated productivity with labor displacement. ## 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/Technological Unemployment|Technological Unemployment]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/The Coming Technological Singularity|The Coming Technological Singularity]] - [[wiki/Technological Unemployment|Technological Unemployment]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity. In the coming of the Singularity, we are seeing the predictions of true technological unemployment finally come true." — Vernor Vinge, 1993, “The Coming Technological Singularity,” VISION-21 Symposium https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vinge-technological-unemployment ```