DOES THIS MEAN WE’RE ALREADY INTO THE SINGULARITY? William Gibson gives up on predicting the future:

Even renowned science fiction author William Gibson has given up guessing what the future looks like – for now at least.

The novelist is famous for inventing the word ‘cyberspace’ and predicting the implications of the networked world long before it became a reality. But his latest book Spook Country is set in the present (in fact, the near past) rather than the far-flung future.

In an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Gibson said: “The trouble is there are enough crazy factors and wild cards on the table now that I can’t convince myself of where a future might be in 10 to 15 years.”

If the next 10 or 15 years is that unpredictable, and it probably is, then I’d say we’re already into the singularity. (For more singularity-related stuff, check out our podcast interview with Vernor Vinge.)