THE "ENFORCERS"
Okay, yesterday I promised to post on three key issues for the sequel to THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020), the second being the Enforcers. In THE EDGE OF MADNESS, the enforcers are the only people in NewAmerica (and maybe even NewTerra) who are perpetually clothed. Their faces are hidden behind a black mask, they are shrouded in black, they wear black hob-nailed boots, and…THEY HAVE NO SMELL. To Draff Rob Brie [Septican-Smite], an uber-conscious olfactory savant, everyone has a smell that’s always in-his-face…everyone except the Enforcers. Why? This is a clue as to who they are. At any rate, they’ve noticed Draff Rob Brie and his two compatriots. And being noticed by an Enforcer is definitely not good.
On the other hand, the Enforcer that takes a primary interest in Rob and Billie Frann Frunk, his partner in their highly anticipated and universally broadcast SweetSixteenSalsaSexcapade, doesn’t seem to do much other than assist when their debut is over. Friendly? Condescending? Watching and waiting? Or just plain interested? Who knows? But I can assure you that the Enforcers will play a particularly important role in the sequel. What role exactly? Well, that would be a spoiler I’m afraid. Suffice it to mention that a computer chip smaller than a micron in diameter will, in this future world, be modified — weaponized, if you prefer — by someone important to infect Artificially Intelligent (AI) systems, and, having entered the system, cause it to make infective copies until the host runs out of processing memory or energy.
Unbelievable? How about this 2016 article from Popular Mechanics “Scientists Have Made Transistors Small Than We Thought Possible”? Remember that infective bacteria are typically 1 to 10 microns in size, viruses are typically 0.2 to 1 micron in size, and prions may be 0.01 to 0.2 microns in size (really, no one seems to know exactly), but all are infective. Imagine an entire computer the size of a virus or bacteria, and you have an idea of the mayhem it could cause in AI systems.
Mayhem. Donald Trump style and with a vengeance. Throughout NewAmerica, already a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.
On the other hand, the Enforcer that takes a primary interest in Rob and Billie Frann Frunk, his partner in their highly anticipated and universally broadcast SweetSixteenSalsaSexcapade, doesn’t seem to do much other than assist when their debut is over. Friendly? Condescending? Watching and waiting? Or just plain interested? Who knows? But I can assure you that the Enforcers will play a particularly important role in the sequel. What role exactly? Well, that would be a spoiler I’m afraid. Suffice it to mention that a computer chip smaller than a micron in diameter will, in this future world, be modified — weaponized, if you prefer — by someone important to infect Artificially Intelligent (AI) systems, and, having entered the system, cause it to make infective copies until the host runs out of processing memory or energy.
Unbelievable? How about this 2016 article from Popular Mechanics “Scientists Have Made Transistors Small Than We Thought Possible”? Remember that infective bacteria are typically 1 to 10 microns in size, viruses are typically 0.2 to 1 micron in size, and prions may be 0.01 to 0.2 microns in size (really, no one seems to know exactly), but all are infective. Imagine an entire computer the size of a virus or bacteria, and you have an idea of the mayhem it could cause in AI systems.
Mayhem. Donald Trump style and with a vengeance. Throughout NewAmerica, already a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.
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