Q&A with Patty Jansen discussion

In a far future, a fleet of ships hurtles through space on its way to a distant war. Aboard the ships is an army of artificial human soldiers, highly trained and dangerous. Doctor Charlotte West, the neuro-technologist responsible for the soldiers’ artificial brains, travels in the support fleet. Two months before the arrival at the war site, the soldiers start fighting each other and disobeying commands. When they are brought in for tests, Charlotte finds that all seven thousand men share a pathological obsession with her.

This is such an interesting idea. The perils of artificial 'intelligence'. Do you think *real* artificial intelligence will ever happen?

Acttually, it is scarily close. I asked myself that question a while ago, and did some reading on the subject. It's really amazing what we can do already. I wrote a blog post about this a while ago and have just copied it across to my new site: http://pattyjansen.com/?p=823

Just left a comment on your website, basically mulling on the difference between physical control and real 'intelligence' - creating a work of art, or a new theory to explain something we don't understand. I wonder what others think?

OK, I just approved the comment (you wouldn't believe how much spam I get--yes, I should get Aksimet)

I made this novella free for Ditmar voters, and for some mysterious reason, Amazon has price-matched, so get it for free onn Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OOFFPC