"Michael Swanwick - Trojan Horse" - читать интересную книгу автора (Swanwick Michael)

Chanty. There were hard lines on his face, etched by who knew what experiences. / don't believe in love
at first sight, Elin thought. Then again, who knew what she might believe in anymore? It was a chilling
thought, and she retreated from it.



"So did this Coral become God?"



"Patience. Anyway, the volunteer was plugged in, wiped, reprogrammed, and interviewed. Nothing
useful."



"In one hour," Tory said, "we learned more about the structure and composition of the universe than in
all of history to date."



"It was deranged gibberish." Landis tapped Elin's knee. "We interviewed her and then canceled the
wetware. And what do you think happened?"



"I've never been big on rhetorical questions." Elin didn't take her eyes off Tory.



"She didn't come down. She was stuck."



"Stuck?"



Tory plucked a blade of grass, let it fall. "What happened was that we had rewired her to absolute
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consciousness. She was not only aware of all her mental functions but in control of them-right down to
the involuntary reflexes, which also put her in charge of her own metaprogrammer."



"Metaprogrammer is just a buzzword for a bundle of reflexes the brain uses to make changes in itself,"
Landis threw in.