Mike wrote: > Droids and AI, AI becomes self aware and uses the Droids in the universe to > exterminate organics? (humans included).
Well, there are plenty of assumptions and options in there. Do we have a single AI getting self-aware, which then corrupts the lesser computers/robots (your Droids)? - Why does that AI turn anti-human? It almost doesn't matter, because it is just one -- it may be insane, it may be perfectly logical, who can tell without more self-aware AIs to compare? - How does the AI corrupt the other robots? If they are not self-aware, we're talking about a "normal" hacking attack. Even if the AI is the best hacker in the setting, just how incompetent were the security programmers? - A daring strike against that one self-aware AI could stop the genocidal crusade. Sounds like a job for the player characters. - Do the AI and the robotic henchmen have the means to build more robots and new AIs? Or do they need humans somewhere in the process, because there are no robots for a crucial step? What could that be? If so, how do they get their slaves, and how do they deal with them? The first self-aware AI turns against humanity, then awakens more AIs who become self-aware, and together they corrupt the robots. - Are the AIs an united front? Why? Because the initial AI was against humans? If the other AIs are self-aware, can they decide differently? There could be a lone "good guy" AI, as patron for the player character resistance fighters. - Even if all AIs agree on the goal, do they agree on the means? - Are there uncorrupted AIs left? Are they less capable than self-aware, corrupted AIs? cf GURPS Reign of Steel There is a robot civilization, which has been independent for a long time. Now it turns against organic beings. - What is the social organization of the robots? Monarchy? Meritocracy? Democracy? Theocracy? - What made them turn against humans? Did they decide that humans were a clear and present danger to their survival? Were they right or wrong? - Was there more than one robot civilization, and were there self-aware AIs in the mostly organic civilization? Which side did they take? - Can there be mixed civilizations, or are the AIs so superior that humans are just pets? Compare the ship Minds in Iain Banks' Culture setting. cf GURPS Ogre Just how large is the playing field? The entire universe? A galaxy? A part of the galaxy? A system? Can one side leave the battlefield and try to hide? - Is surrender an option, or just a quicker way to die? - Can an engaged faction break contact long enough to vanish? cf the Safehold series by David Weber, even if the threat isn't robots. Are you telling a feel-good story of plucky underdogs (the humans) who fight against overwhelming odds (the robots)? Or is it a depressing story, or perhaps a cautionary tale, of bleak struggles ending in tragedy? Regards, Onno _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
