We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

by Dennis E. Taylor

I’d heard that the casinos were less happy with the level of gambling. Turns out nerds understand probability.

the only way to win in a casino is to leave as soon as you come in

Descartes had his famous cogito ergo sum; but Thomas had added to it with his “Since I doubt, I think; since I think, I exist.” Well, I was certainly full of doubt. Doubt implied self-awareness, and a concern for one’s future. So I was a conscious entity, barring evidence to the contrary. One down.

is AI a living being

Was I alive? Hmm, since no one had yet managed to define life rigorously, that was going to be a fun one. As the speaker at that long-ago panel in Vegas had pointed out, fire has most of the qualities of life but is not alive. According to Dr. Landers, I would be able to reproduce via printer-based autofactories. I certainly responded to stimuli, and acted with self-interest. The claim that life would have to be carbon-based was chauvinistic and narrow-minded, so yeah, I could consider myself alive.

ai alive p2

Barring significant advances in technology or some dramatic scientific discovery, the costs will be far too high for anything less than a global effort.

what wil it take to get the space travel going

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

still relevant in 2144

vectors converged

name ideas: pvc capital management

Typical politician. Never use ten words when a thousand will do.

politicians lol