And… the visions of that era were substantially realized! Today, everybody really does own a personal computer, or something like one. Everybody really is connected to a global information network, or something like one.

I’m an avid user of both my personal computer & the global information network, & I observe that we appear not to live in utopia. The and…? of those inventions roars in our ears.

Today, everybody really can call upon AGI, or something like it: a wildly general computer program. I mean ! Wow!

The question, always, forever: what now?

— Robin Sloan, AGI is here (and I feel fine), Winter Garden, 2026