1st Special Forces Command; "We Believe in Ghosts, ... Do You?" https://mobile.twitter.com/1st_SF_Command/status/1521617816822161415
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This reminds me of a book by Robert Heinlein way back in the 1950s-1960s, called "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress." Residents of the Moon, mostly people who had been sent from Earth for criminal or antisocial behaviors, just like Britain did by sending convicts to Australia back in the 1800s, were sent to the Moon to work the mines and other industries for Earth.
After a few generations of this, the residents begin to chaff under Earth's dictatorial ways and begin a revolution. The "ghost in the machine" turns out to be Earth's own computer system on the Moon. After being added to and expanded many times over, there are enough neural links that the computer becomes self-aware and "awake." And it becomes one of the most important characters in the revolution.
Keeping in mind that this was written in the 50s-60s, before the full implications of the digital revolution was known, Heinlein was such a visionary that he foresaw AI and what it might mean for the future.
Heh heh, I don't think a spoiler alert is necessary, I didn't give away the ending. Yeah, besides being other things (a visionary, a libertarian absolutist, etc.), Heinlein was also a revolutionary. Another thing in the book that grabbed my attention was the idea of "throwing rocks" at their enemy (Earth) was such a stunning idea.
OK, y'all, go read the book. Thank me later.
Fucking hell the book has been out since 1966, relax.
One of my favorites, also "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls", which is a somewhat of a sequel to that book.Heinlein would have been canceled when he went hard right, but he was too big to cancel. They tried though.
I've read all of his books when I was young and this has inspired me to re-read many I haven't read in decades. Have a great night!