by John W. Campbell
"I am the last of my type existing today in all the Solar System. I, too, am the last existing who, in memory, sees the struggle for this System, and in memory I am still close to the Center of Rulers, for mine was the ruling type then. But I will pass soon, and with me will pass the last of my kind, a poor inefficient type, but yet the creators of those who are now, and will be, long after I pass forever...:
A classic tale of pulp super-science by the man who would shape the Golden Age of SF from the editor's chair at ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION!
The idea of computers replacing humanity, not out of rebellion or anger but because they are simply better is almost as old as computers. As soon as we began to see computers that could figure out even simple things faster than any human the question had to be asked if we were building our own successors. In "The Last Evolution" this question is examined carefully, but the questions and answers are not as easy as it might appear.
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