Book 6. Chapter 56: Incoming
“She’s not crazy.” I swore to him. “Golden age AI’s are shackled hard by their directives.”
Tsuya had been a human merging with a golden age military AI, although that was all mixed together. She probably didn’t have any of these directives to shackle her up, and that had been her intention from the start.
But for the rest of the AI’s from that time?
I could see his helmet slowly turn to meet mine, the obvious ‘How in the twelve hells do you spend enough time around golden age AI’s to even know that?’
“That’s correct! All standard AI’s follow precise directives at their initiation.” The Icon said before he could even get a word out, “Now, how might I help you on this fine day?”
I turned to Drakonis. He shrugged back. “Ask her what we came here for in the first place. Don’t look at me like that Winterscar, this was your plan from the start.” He jabbed a finger straight at me, as if accusing me of wrongdoing. I had to swallow my reflexive need to say it wasn’t my fault.“So you talk to the crazy golden age AI.”
I turned to the ancient, cooped up AI. “So. Think we should start at the basics. What exactly was your original function?”
“I am glad you asked!” The Icon chirped. “I am a superintendent, navigator, and systems manager to a cruiseliner as well as a representative of Festive Cruises to customers.”
“The fuck is a 'cruiseliner'? Do those two words even go together?”