No problem, Tengu. I'm incredibly tone-deaf about how I write on the Internet, so I came come across as blunt and bossy when I don't mean to, and you're not the only person I managed to rile. Least said, soonest mended and all that!
And really, the possibility that AI could think very differently to humans is one of the things that excites me about the whole subject. Scares the heck out of me too, but in a good way. My favourite AI from the Orion's Arm universe has to be the System of Response, closely followed by The General from Savannah. They're not always nice but they're always fair, and always fascinating.
And really, the possibility that AI could think very differently to humans is one of the things that excites me about the whole subject. Scares the heck out of me too, but in a good way. My favourite AI from the Orion's Arm universe has to be the System of Response, closely followed by The General from Savannah. They're not always nice but they're always fair, and always fascinating.