The tens of thousands that had willingly joined the OWIs had already dumped easily a million years’ worth of lifetime experience into each mainframe. And that was before the mainframes started feasting upon one another. Nowadays, that number is closer to a million bots’ worth each. Millions upon millions of years of experience and memories churning about in their thoughts. The scale of that is unimaginable. Mind-boggling. Us walking AIs were closer now to humans than we were to the mainframes. They’re the real aliens. I know mankind’s thoughts; I understand them. It’s the mainframes I spend my
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