Proginoskes Wrote:Oh come on, you're saying 'waved computers always develop an AI unless you expend mental effort counter to that result? People just don't write about the non-sentient supercomputer wavejobs because they aren't as interesting. I'd say the odds are very high that J. Random Fan has an x86-128 PC with terabytes of RAM and a fhuge hard drive and no AI.Again, this depends on the image you'd have in your head. I'm certain there' a lot of 'waved computers out there that don't have AI.
But, if you've got a real desire for an AI, even if you're not particularly aware of it, or you think "I just need something in the software that can assist me with certain projects", then the odds will go up that you spontaneously get one in the process. Especially if you start with a system that has many files pertaining to characters that it can latch onto.
And, well, Handwavium works different for different people. For instance, Galacticans are the most likely to never spontaneously create AI, and quite unlikely to be able to create one on purpose. On the flip side, many Cybers are likely to have a raft of accidental inceptions on their hands... everyone's mileage will vary on the results. A.C. has created a number of accidental AIs... Noah has, to my recollection, created one by accident, but many deliberately. Jeph Antilles hasn't created any by accident, but he's created two deliberately.
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