From: | "Jackson, Hank" <Hank.Jackson@*********.COM> |
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Subject: | Artificial Intelligence |
Date: | Sun, 26 Oct 1997 17:23:24 -0500 |
I was rereading VR 2.0 and had a new thought. What is IT that the Okatu
experience Deep Resonance with? In The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,
Heinlien put forth the idea that a computer that has achieved a number
of connections comparable to those in a human brain can "wake up" and
achieve sentience. Now, there have been rumors in Shadowrun material
about the existence of AI, but no specifics or proof. Now we have the
Okatu who interrelate with IT. I think IT could be an AI, but from
where? The Matrix itself has enough interconnections to reach
"critical mass" and achieve sentience. Why could it not be the AI?
This poses some questions. Why would an entity allow the UCAS gov't to
brutally crash the Chicago LTG and take away that section of it's
"brain"? Why would it allow parasites, read deckers, to go wild in it's
"head" Are the Okatu "receiving" parts of this "global"
consciousness?
It makes me wonder.
Galen