From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: AI's view of the matrix
Date:	Wed, 21 Jun 1995 22:44:48 +0930

Stefan Struck wrote:
>
> How would an AI see the matrix? Will it be icons or something completly
> different, like organic sculpures or something.

It would depend on the nature of the intelligence... people always seem to
assume an AI would think like a human. If your AI does, then it probably
"sees" in a similar fashion to a decker. If it doesn't, then it may not be
limited by the constraints associated with any sort of interface, even one
as "natural" as a virtual reality.

> I ask because I want to give my decker a utitily which was created by an
> AI and therefor I have to come up with something. I know what it does, but
> I'm not sure what it should look like and want to hear your opinions.

I would have it have NO visual effect. In my game, that's not allowed, so
it'd shock my players... :) (More accurately, if no visual effect is coded
in, a generic one is assigned by the ASIST technology).

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