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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Re: AIs on the Astral (SMTP Id#: 62) - Reply
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:50:07 +0100
>Not to get picky BUT....I thought that when in the matrix the decker
>sees most things as he wants them to appear....his own persona for
>example can be anythingthat he/she chooses.

His persona only appears as what he programs it to be (in his deck). And
as for seeing most things as he chooses, he needs a reality filter to do
that (see Virtual Realities). Even then, a sculpted matrix system might
force its own reality on the decker.



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Message no. 2
From: Andy Goodwin <BLTAGOOD@***.LIVERPOOL-JOHN-MOORES.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: AIs on the Astral (SMTP Id#: 62) - Reply
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 14:03:09 GMT
RE: Gurth >>>>> "Even then, a sculpted matrix system might force its
own reality
on the decker."


I see your point, the question still remains though : is the AI capable of
changing its entire apearance 'at will' whenever someone looks at it ??
Surely it's programmers can't anticipate who will look at it and program it
accordingly ?!?


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Message no. 3
From: "C. Paul Douglas" <granite@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: AIs on the Astral (SMTP Id#: 62) - Reply
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 09:19:35 -0500
On Mon, 21 Mar 1994, Andy Goodwin wrote:

> Surely it's programmers can't anticipate who will look at it and program it
> accordingly ?!?
>
Who said anything about its programmers???
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