I'd add a reference that some folks insist the de Camp-Pratt theory as belonging to Gardner Fox and *insert first name here* Broome, or Robert Heinlein.
Another point is how long it takes an awakened AI to realize it IS an AI, depending on how its shell is built.
An AI like the Scott Series androids or Karen Sorrel may not immediately know they're artificial on waking. Another point: some of the AIs based on Rampant AIs in fiction, seem to have wound up a little more benevolent than in Canon. For example: GLaDOS from "Portal" is considerably nastier than the Soviet GLaDOS.
After all, our authors have yet to have any Waved AI go Skynet/HAL/SHODAN. Noah's Agatha is more of a jealous snit than actual rampancy.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Another point is how long it takes an awakened AI to realize it IS an AI, depending on how its shell is built.
An AI like the Scott Series androids or Karen Sorrel may not immediately know they're artificial on waking. Another point: some of the AIs based on Rampant AIs in fiction, seem to have wound up a little more benevolent than in Canon. For example: GLaDOS from "Portal" is considerably nastier than the Soviet GLaDOS.
After all, our authors have yet to have any Waved AI go Skynet/HAL/SHODAN. Noah's Agatha is more of a jealous snit than actual rampancy.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll