OOC:
Foxboy:
Rob:
Not to mention that hard Gravtech exists in Fenspace, Noah just doesn't really use it.
Foxboy:
Rob:
On the other hand, I do have some problems with that. I've established that Lebia is working on this, and the character http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_M%C3%B6bius]she's based on does in fact create AIs she can hold a conversation with and work with (and the Tachikoma in Fenspace are close enough that A.C. insists they take Turing tests). There is always the proposition that as Lebia is a Wave AI, she can create hardtech AIs (the handwavium in her allowing her to awaken other AI?) The problem is once a Hardtech AI exists it can at least copy itself.
Can I ask that any replys to this entry be either by email or in another thread? I'd like to keep this one focused on what Handwavium is. Thanks.
Foxboy:
Quote:First: Gravtech/FTL should always require the goop.
Rob:
Quote:Er... Have you forgotten about the Miranda mission?
Not to mention that hard Gravtech exists in Fenspace, Noah just doesn't really use it.
Foxboy:
Quote:Second: True Sophont AIs cannot be awakened unless handwavium is part of the process.
Rob:
Quote:No problems here with that, as long as we can get close with hardtech. (A decade from story-now, Noah will call it "Artificial Stupidity" because the systems are so bloody literal-minded that it's obvious they aren't thinking, no matter how complex they are.)
On the other hand, I do have some problems with that. I've established that Lebia is working on this, and the character http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_M%C3%B6bius]she's based on does in fact create AIs she can hold a conversation with and work with (and the Tachikoma in Fenspace are close enough that A.C. insists they take Turing tests). There is always the proposition that as Lebia is a Wave AI, she can create hardtech AIs (the handwavium in her allowing her to awaken other AI?) The problem is once a Hardtech AI exists it can at least copy itself.
Can I ask that any replys to this entry be either by email or in another thread? I'd like to keep this one focused on what Handwavium is. Thanks.