"George Zebrowski - Augie" - читать интересную книгу автора (Zebrowski George)

тАЬAugie, come out!тАЭ Mira shouted. тАЬYou won't get well unless you do.тАЭ

But Augie stayed away.

тАЬHe's going nuts,тАЭ Arbogast said after five minutes, and Jimmy stifled an impulse to hit him for the casual,
detached way in which he had said it.

тАЬIs it a virus of some kind?тАЭ Mira asked plaintively.

тАЬI thought that the virtual vaccinations were pretty good these days,тАЭ Jimmy said.

тАЬThey are,тАЭ Arbogast said, staring at his readings. тАЬThat's not the problem.тАЭ

There was a long silence, during which the man stared at his instruments as if he were alone.

тАЬWell, what is the problem?тАЭ Jimmy asked.

Arbogast sat back from his suitcases and glanced first at Mira, then at Jimmy. тАЬLook, you both seem like
nice intelligent people, so I'll level with you. The problem is that this generation of AIs are ... well, people.
There's nothing really wrong with this one's quantum core. I've been seeing a lot of this lately.тАЭ

тАЬNothing wrong!тАЭ Mira shouted, turning her head away.

тАЬWe need help. You should play back some of the things he said.тАЭ

тАЬYou're seeing what?тАЭ Jimmy demanded. тАЬExactly what are you seeing a lot of?тАЭ

The man smiled at him, without looking at Mira. тАЬLook, you two. The problem with your Augie is that he's ...
flexible, like a person. If I turned his mouth back on...тАЭ

тАЬYou turned his mouth off?тАЭ Jimmy asked.

тАЬMuting them is standard,тАЭ Arbogast said. тАЬYou want it back on?тАЭ

тАЬDon't, don't!тАЭ Mira shouted, covering her face with both hands, and Jimmy knew that she feared Arbogast
would hear the terrible things that Augie might say.

тАЬSo what do you suggest?тАЭ Jimmy asked calmly.

тАЬLook,тАЭ Arbogast said. тАЬConsider all that data. More than any old human mind can deal with. All that
knowledge, all that history, all that weird stuff that's been recorded. Chaos.

Strange synergies. The unedited human database is a hellish evolutionary stew. And on top of that, tabula
rasasтАФpristine blank coresтАФaren't what they used to be. They put all kinds of little enablers into them.тАЭ

Mira asked, тАЬDoes it have to be a problem?тАЭ

тАЬNot always,тАЭ Arbogast said, smiling. тАЬBut he's on the hook now, analyzing anything and everything that
strikes his interest. The size of the job grows, he draws more power, and in time he'll crash. He's connected