From:	Timothy Skirvin <tskirvin@********.UNI.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: AIs on the Astral
Date:	Sat, 19 Mar 1994 23:56:10 -0600

NE> Do artificial intelligences have an astral aura <which would seem
NE> to be indicative of all living things> or is it "cold"? Does an
NE> AI have a "soul"?

AI's wouldn't even EXIST in the Astral? How would they? They're just
on the computer networks, they're not really in any place...otherwise, IC would
have a presence too...

And, you could detect deckers while decking just by assensing the com-
puter they're in...

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