It's One Of The Strangest

No One Inspired Me To Write, But Writer Harlan Ellison Terrified Me Into Getting Published.

I'm Very Interested In The Evolution Of Technology, And It's Really The Idea Of Artificial Life Which Intrigues Me, More Than Just Intelligence - A New, Evolving Life Form Arising Within Our Datasphere And Coming Into Living Relation With Humanity.

Once Upon A Time ... The Only Autonomous Intelligences We Humans Knew Of Were Us Humans. We Thought Then That If Humankind Ever Devised Another Intelligence That It Would Be The Result Of A Huge Project ... A Great Mass Of Silicon And Ancient Transistors And Chips And Circuit Boards ... A Machine With Lots Of Networking Circuits, In Other Words, Aping-if You Will Pardon The Expression-the Human Brain In Form And Function. Of Course, Ais Did Not Evolve That Way. They Sort Of Slipped Into Existence When We Humans Were Looking The Other Way.

Mystery. The Strangeness Of Place So Necessary To Some Creative Spirits. A Perfect Mixture Of The Classical Utopia And The Pagan Mystery.

This Is Every Writer's Nightmare - The Sudden Breakdown Of Meaning In The Language That Sustains And Supports Us.