It does matter my dear friend, just think about the book 1984 by George Orwell was published in 1949 trying to predict a possible future, only to lead Elon Musk to say "it was meant to be a warning, not an instruction manual".
Think of Isaac Asimov who was both a scientist and a sci-fi author, many of his writings and ideas both from the science books and the fiction books are used in present days as we talk about robotics and AI.
It does matter my dear friend, just think about the book 1984 by George Orwell was published in 1949 trying to predict a possible future, only to lead Elon Musk to say "it was meant to be a warning, not an instruction manual".
Think of Isaac Asimov who was both a scientist and a sci-fi author, many of his writings and ideas both from the science books and the fiction books are used in present days as we talk about robotics and AI.