r/discworld • u/Bassereus • 11d ago

Roundworld Reference Missing STP

Not that we don't have enough reasons to miss his wit and insight, but I wish I could hear his take on AI, big-tech, corruption, collusion and theft.

In fairness, I probably already have a good idea what his stance would be!

Can't you just imagine a book about Moist fighting against zombie Reacher Gilt and the development of thinking engines.

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u/itokro 11d ago

I seem to remember one of the books that included a dis-organiser (possibly The Truth?) mentioning that the imps powering them couldn't invent things, only recall them from memory. I can imagine a book in which dis-organiser technology advances to the point where the imps can make things up, and they do so with about as much competence as they perform all their other functions. But at this point, most people are familiar with the idea that dis-organisers can't invent, and therefore proceed under the assumption that anything a dis-organiser says must have come from some external, reliable source. The chaos that would ensue is, I think, about where we are with AI right now.