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| There are a few exceptions. All starships now include an on-board AI to govern the complex operations of the vehicle. On some commercial vessels it has become traditional to give the AI a name and personality, and in some instances a humanoid robot drone that is treated like a full crew member. | There are a few exceptions. All starships now include an on-board AI to govern the complex operations of the vehicle. On some commercial vessels it has become traditional to give the AI a name and personality, and in some instances a humanoid robot drone that is treated like a full crew member. |
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| | [[devik|{{http://www.trmichels.com/WolfHeadStare3310.jpg?75x75|But wait... there's more!}}]]|//Devik Sez: The sort of AI systems mounted on ships are typically your run-of-the-mill AIs which are intended for that purpose and little more; while they may be capable of running a ship autonomously and can even perform some feats beyond this, these sorts of systems are still capped by their limited package. This means that while a shipboard AI is great at flying and monitoring a ship and may even converse with the crew with Recom-level intelligence, most ship computers aren't able to handle heavy scientific processing or other data loads that specialized AI systems handle. It's essentially the difference between your computer running home automation software, and the latest multi-billion-dollar supercomputer cluster.//| | | [[devik|{{http://www.trmichels.com/WolfHeadStare3310.jpg?75x75|But wait... there's more!}}]]|//Devik Sez: The sort of AI systems mounted on ships are typically your run-of-the-mill AIs which are intended for that purpose and little more; while they may be capable of running a ship autonomously and can even perform some feats beyond this, these sorts of systems are still capped by their limited package. This means that while a shipboard AI is great at flying and monitoring a ship and may even converse with the crew with Recom-level intelligence, most ship computers aren't able to handle heavy scientific processing or other data loads that specialized AI systems handle. These more powerful "Super AIs" or "Superintelligences" are typically only within the financial reach of governments and large megacorporations, and are gargantuan in size; Class 3 ships and higher are usually the only size vessel capable of mounting such powerful AIs, although with very creative use of space a Class 2 may be able to just barely fit everything inside, at the expense of all other utility. It's essentially the difference between your computer running home automation software, and the latest multi-billion-dollar supercomputer cluster.//| |
| =====AI-controlled robots===== | =====AI-controlled robots===== |
| One complication for AI since the war is that compact [[nanotechnology|nanocomputers]] are no longer available. As a result, it is no longer practical to put a fully functional AI unit on board a humanoid robot. The smallest such units are about the size of a deep freeze and require dedicated power and cooling support. They can control robotic drones through a remote connection (i.e. telepresence), however. | One complication for AI since the war is that compact [[nanotechnology|nanocomputers]] are no longer available. As a result, it is no longer practical to put a fully functional AI unit on board a humanoid robot. The smallest such units are about the size of a deep freeze and require dedicated power and cooling support. They can control robotic drones through a remote connection (i.e. telepresence), however. |
