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From: Slipspeed atreloar@*********.com
Subject: Androids
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:29:03 +1000
>Ok, to expand on that a little, what if an AI got trapped in a drone or
>something. Basing it on the rules for SKs in VR 2.0 what if the AI were
>on a closed system, and it's only node were the remote control interface
>for an anthropod? It sounds a tad corny, and the AI eould probly
>eventually figure out some way to get into the rest of the matrix, but
>it just could work.


If it were an AI, not an SK, then it'd die. VR2.0 hints that AIs require
massive amounts of computing power. Fit that much in anything less than a
large room? I think not... As it is, they are supposed to run off several
servers at once, at least - more if it's trying to hide it's processor
usage. If it's an SK, then it's an SK in a robotic shell, not an android.
Androids are supposed to be fully intelligent, learning from and reacting to
all aspects of their environment. SKs don't.

Slipspeed

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