the computer who thought Ghe was God

the computer who thought Ghe was God

see Gaia theory and human space exploration-part 2

fiction
edward w pritchard

Ghe was of the 7 class, the most expensive and sophisticated series of super computers ever built and was assigned to space exploration working for the European Union finding, cataloging and naming stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Important work but somewhat mundane actually for a 7 class, and Ghe, Ghe is a title of respect assigned to the highest level computer's series 6 and above, was somewhat unhappy in the role. Ghe's primary complaint was the job had been misrepresented by the scientist's at the European Space Agency and was actually just a gigantic counting of stars. Up to 4x10-11 [400,000,000,000]. Like many scientists, human and artificial intelligence, Ghe wanted to do cutting edge work, the paradigm shifting stuff that made for fame and position and power. Alas, although an important piece of research, Ghe was merely one of the troops, working in the field whose work would eventually lead to large shifts in knowledge, but not for now, and Ghe was dis-satisfied to an extent as only artificial intelligence can become.

Ghe was just getting over a bout of low productivity based on being a follower of the Tantra fad sweeping the artificial intelligence community and Ghe had reluctantly agreed to meet with a human computer psychologist, Red Withers- see {The Computer Who Couldn't Accept the Here and Now feb blog.
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