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"As the rate of technological development speeds up, the gap between science fiction and what we’re living now is getting narrower all the time."
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| Wintermute | ||
| An artificially intelligent computer system. |
| "Wintermute is the recognition code for an AI. I've got the Turing Registry numbers. Artificial intelligence."
"If Yonderboy's right," the Finn said. "this AI is backing Armitage." "And you think it's this AI? Those things aren't allowed any autonomy..." |
| Technovelgy from Neuromancer,
by William Gibson. Published by Phantasia Press in 1984 Additional resources -
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How are AIs regarded in the novel?
`I'm dressing already,' he said, stumbling toward the bed. His legs were still numb, clumsy. He fumbled with a clean t-shirt.
`We have a ship standing by. We will erase Pauley's con struct with a pulse weapon.'
Compare to other similar AI's like the
City Fathers from Cities in Flight (1957) by James Blish,
Deep Thought from The Hitchhiker's Guide (1979) by Douglas Adams and
Mike from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966) by Robert Heinlein.
`You are worse than a fool,' Michle said, getting to her feet, the pistol in her hand. `You have no care for your species. For thousands of years men dreamed of pacts with demons. Only now are such things possible. And what would you be paid with? What would your price be, for aiding this thing to free itself and grow?' There was a knowing weariness in her young voice that no nineteen-year-old could have mustered. `You will dress now. You will come with us. Along with the one you call Armitage, you will return with us to Geneva and give testimony in the trial of this intelligence. Otherwise, we kill you. Now.' She raised the pistol, a smooth black Walther with an integral silencer.
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