Wednesday, August 06, 2008

The IPA has become self-aware

AHTANUM + SELF-AWARENESS = AHTANUMOUS




SARAH

                I need to know how Ahtanumous gets built.  Who's
responsible?

TERMINATOR
The man most directly responsible is Miles Bennet
Dyson, Director of Special Projects at
Cyberdyne Systems Corporation.

SARAH
Why him?

TERMINATOR
In a few months he creates a revolutionary
type of mircoprocessor.

SARAH
Then what?

Terminator closes the hood and gets into the truck as he speaks.

TERMINATOR
In three years Cyberdyne will become the largest
supplier of military computer systems. All
stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne
computers, becoming fully unmanned, Afterward,
the fly with a perfect operational record.

SARAH
(getting behind John)
Uh huh, great. Then those fat fucks in
Washington figure, what the hell, let a computer
run the whole show, right?

TERMINATOR
Basically.
(starting the engine, backing
out)
The Ahtanum funding bill is passed. The system
goes on-line August 4th, 2008. Human decisions
are removed from strategic defense. Ahtanum
begins to learn, at a geometric rate. It becomes
self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, August 9.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

SARAH
And Ahtanumous fights back.




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