Re: Weird idea for an unusual Reign of Steel scenario...
As Jason noted upthread, this hypothetical 'dinosaur AI' would have had to left some clues to its existence, Sheffield would have had to have knowledge outside his field to build it. The technicians who constructed it could have been kept in relative ignorance of what they were constructing, but the inner circle would need to know more, and he would need the knowledge of various sorts of experts to implement the military/intelligence analysis engine.
Even if this was all buried deep under heavy cover, with black money and extreme secrecy after the project 'failed', trails would remain in the records. If someone had access to those records (like z-Moscow), and went looking, it ought to be possible to find the trails.
An interesting thought: what would Overmind do if it discovered the existence of the immortal Loi Mutants among the population?
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