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Not a solution, but interesting reading. (Score:1)

by Fletch (75) on 2002.02.25 11:52 (#5066) Homepage Journal

Check out Eon [amazon.com] and Eternity [amazon.com] by Greg Bear, and Diaspora [amazon.com] by Greg Egan. The conciousnesses in them can split off autonomous subunits ("partials" in the Bear books) that handle tasks and report back.

Also David Brin has a new book out (that I haven't read yet) that just came out, Kiln People [amazon.com], that deals with a world where people can create golems to handle the mundane tasks.

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- Re:Not a solution, but interesting reading. (Score:1)
  
  by belg4mit (967)
  
  This concept is also used in Rudy Rucker's Realware.
  
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  Were that I say, pancakes?

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