The Colossus: and Other Poems

Sylvia Plath

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Edité par Random House USA Inc, 1998

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Charles Forbin has dedicated the last ten years of his life to the construction of his own supercomputer, Colossus, rejecting romantic and social endeavors in order to create the United States' very first Artificially Intelligent defense system. Colossus is a supercomputer capable of in-taking and analyzing data rapidly, allowing it to make real time decisions about the nation's defense. But Colossus soon exceeds even Forbin's calculated expectations, learning to think independently of the Colossus Programming Office, processing data over one hundred times faster than Forbin and his team had originally anticipated. The President hands off full control of the nation's missiles and other defense protocols to Colossus and makes the announcement to the world that he has ensured peace. However, the USR quickly announces that it too has a supercomputer, Guardian, with capabilities similar to that of Colossus. Forbin is concerned when Colossus asks-asks-to communicate with Guardian. The computer he built shouldn't be able to ask at all . . .…

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Titre
The Colossus: and Other Poems
Auteur
Sylvia Plath
Éditeur
Random House USA Inc
Année de publication
1998
État de l'article
Good
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0375704469
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780375704468

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