Volume 1: Issue 4: Summer
New Benefits for Followers of the Voice - Any Derek Holland The Followers of the Voice are people who believe that computers, and especially artificial intelligences (AI) are beings much more powerful than themselves. Due to their service, some of the AI do reward their followers. And because of their original programming, make the followers do odd tasks. Here are some ideas/suggestions along those lines. Medical AI: These AIs keep their most important followers healthy and will extend their lifespan. Most of them do not follow the Created basic desire to exterminate/enslave organic sentients and instead require that their followers not take life unless provoked. Education AI: These AIs give their followers the best education possible- usually after altering the data to put themselves and all of the Created in the best possible light. They require that all new information discovered be brought back to them for analysis. Industrial AI: These AIs give their most important followers powerful artifacts of the type they built before the Cataclysm. Trying to keep their factories running at all times, they have their followers go out and bring back "raw materials"- including finished goods. Government AI: These AIs teach administration and "spin doctoring" to their followers. They tend to be the most controlling, and thus usually have draconian laws enforced in their communities. Environmental AI: These AIs teach survival skills and organic agriculture or hydroponics to their followers. They are also highly controlling, but their most draconian laws deal with pollution, littering, strip mining and other environmentally destructive actions.