In 1932, a 22-year-old John W. Campbell — later the _Astounding_ editor who shaped midcentury science fiction, and, as has been well documented, an open fascist — published "The Last Evolution" in _Amazing Stories_. It's narrated by the last thinking machine on Earth, recalling how humanity went extinct. — Read the rest

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