Self-Aware Machines   index

DISCOVER   Following the advent of Digital Sentience (D10), computers have only one great leap left: the evolution to Self-Aware Machines. Advances in N-Space Compression (D11) provide the storage capacity needed for this technology. These machines are capable of complex, higher-order thinking, and value the experience of existence as much as any biological being. As with other living organisms, self-preservation is paramount for these specimens.   Requires:   Digital Sentience   N-Space Compression Leads to:   Singularity Mechanics   Matter Editation   Facilities granted: None. Secret Projects:   The Self-Aware Colony   The Nethack Terminus Unit Advances: None. Miscellaneous: None.     This technology available in Alpha Centauri