: Re: Writing a Super Intelligent AI Something I have been thinking about recently is how to write a character who is an artificial intelligence and not have him feel human. Specifically an AI who

I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned the Minds of the Culture series by Ian Banks.

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These are the Strong AI governing intelligences of a post-scarcity civilisation.
They are depicted as being able to think faster and with more attention to detail than any mortal mind can comprehend, using only a fraction of their awareness to deal with the mundane conversations with the culture-citizens in their charge.

They are benevolent, deeply rational (with some exceptions) and downright godlike in capability. Practically speaking they are Perfect Actors, they don't make many recognisable mistakes. If they were human they'd enter into Mary Sue/Marty Stu territory but as hyperintelligences they come across well.

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: What is said in the English version is not actually "How are you", but "Polite conversation with a person who just arrived that doesn't reveal their gender". So that is what you translate.

: What would be an effective way to narrate this story? I don't want the story being told from the point of view of the protagonist. Could a third person (limited omniscient) be effective in

: Translating worldbuilding into an interesting opening I've once heard there are 2 types of writers, and I am definitively an architect. I can write down a few hundred pages of worldbuilding and

: Will my one sentence prologue work? I know most readers don't like prologues, so I've tried to make it as simple as possible. I write the following knowing fully well how weird itâ€™ll

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