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Old 04-18-2012, 07:56 AM   #81
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Default Re: Probability of THS scenario - in light of the last 10 years

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Regarding shared memories and the like: Those bits of text say that infomorphs can acquire those advantages. They don't say that all infomorphs can acquire them. Which can and which can't isn't specified there, and hence ends up being left to GM judgement.
Actually, they very specifically say that Racial Memory is only for AIs, while other stuff is for Infomorphs. It's not like writing 'Infomorph' instead of 'AI' saves space, so it seems like a pretty deliberate distinction. Can't know for sure without Mind Reading the author, of course.

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(Personally, I'd rule that many AIs have at least the option of gaining these advantages, possibly after some digital modifications to their data storage architectures. Ghosts, which are basically black-box digital models of chaotic undocumented systems which often combine storage and processing, are out of luck until TL11 or 12.)
That . . . doesn't sound like something matching the description of being editable. Not meaningfully, anyway.
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