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| − | {{TechInfoBox|desc=Machines that think|military=0|tech=4|infra=3|colonize=3|probemorale=1|preq=NewMiss|preq2=DigSent|enables=NanEdit|enables2=SingMec|facility=[[Nessus Mining Station]], [[Orbital Defense Pod]]|secret project=[[The Self-Aware Colony]], [[The Nethack Terminus]]|quote=Without sensibility no object would be given to us, without understanding no object would be thought. Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind. | + | {{TechInfoBox|desc=Machines that think|military=0|tech=4|infra=3|colonize=3|probemorale=1|preq=NewMiss|preq2=DigSent|enables=NanEdit|enables2=SingMec|facility=[[Nessus Mining Station]], [[Orbital Defense Pod]]|secret project=[[The Self-Aware Colony]], [[The Nethack Terminus]]|quote=Without sensibility no object would be given to us, without<br /> |
| − | ::: | + | understanding no object would be thought. Thoughts without content<br /> |
| − | ::: | + | are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.<br /> |
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| − | I swear sometimes | + | :::—Immanuel Kant,<br /> |
| − | ::: | + | ::: “Critique of Pure Reason”, Datalinks<br /> |
| − | :::Metagenics Biomachinery Division}} | + | <br /> |
| + | ^<br /> | ||
| + | ^I swear sometimes they’re watching me.<br /> | ||
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | :::—Bozon Pete, Shift Foreman,<br /> | ||
| + | ::: Metagenics Biomachinery Division}} | ||
Following the advent of [[Digital Sentience]], computers have only one great leap left: the evolution to [[Self-Aware Machines]]. Advances in [[N-Space Compression]] 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. | Following the advent of [[Digital Sentience]], computers have only one great leap left: the evolution to [[Self-Aware Machines]]. Advances in [[N-Space Compression]] 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. | ||
Revision as of 07:36, 13 March 2013
| Self-Aware Machines | |
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| Requires | N-Space Compression, Digital Sentience |
| Leads to | Matter Editation, Singularity Mechanics |
| Facility | Nessus Mining Station, Orbital Defense Pod |
| Secret Project | The Self-Aware Colony, The Nethack Terminus |
| Improves Probe Team morale | |
Without sensibility no object would be given to us, without
understanding no object would be thought. Thoughts without content
are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
- —Immanuel Kant,
- “Critique of Pure Reason”, Datalinks
- —Immanuel Kant,
^
^I swear sometimes they’re watching me.
- —Bozon Pete, Shift Foreman,
- Metagenics Biomachinery Division
- —Bozon Pete, Shift Foreman,
Following the advent of Digital Sentience, computers have only one great leap left: the evolution to Self-Aware Machines. Advances in N-Space Compression 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.
