I think, and my thoughts cross the barrier into the synapses of the machine—just as the good doctor intended. But what I cannot shake, and what hints at things to come, is that thoughts cross back. In my dreams the sensibility of the machine invades the periphery of my consciousness. Dark. Rigid. Cold. Alien. Evolution is at work here, but just what is evolving remains to be seen.
~Commissioner Pravin Lal, “Man and Machine”, “We must Dissent”, fictional character from Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
~Commissioner Pravin Lal, “Man and Machine”, “We must Dissent”, fictional character from Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri