ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Audio Book Transcript PERIOD: Pre-Expedition SPEAKER[S]: Strauss, B. [ID: BSTR] TOPIC: On AI, by Dr. Bernard H. Strauss SUMMARY: A partial transcript from On AI, first published in 2472. Audio book read by the author. =================================================================== [BSTR]: On the surface, operational management of infrastructural systems may appear limited in its complexity. [BSTR]: It is easy to view surface level site-control functionality as menial. The moment-to-moment performance of basic operations is, in most instances, an afterthought—common actions and comforts we have long since taken for granted thanks to overlapping technical systems designed to create ease in our ever-crowded lives. The opening of doors. The situational adjustment of lighting. The monitoring of room temperature. The scheduling of availability of personnel and locations. The basic tasks of our day—at work, at home. Most have been automated to various degrees for some time now. [BSTR]: As such, the use of A-I to oversee and perform what we view as commonplace tasks may seem to be overkill. After all, can't we open our own doors? Have we become so distracted in our efforts to balance our work and our lives as to require the invisible hand and "all seeing" eye of manufactured intelligence to get us through the simplest parts of our day? [BSTR]: Further, have we become so callously wasteful with our advancements in technology that our most complex thinking systems can be frivolously assigned to manage what are essentially our most unthinking actions? [BSTR]: Why not then simply keep these operations automated? [BSTR]: Doors can already open themselves. Thermometers can already adjust their settings. Calendars can schedule and reschedule with minimal input. [BSTR]: All true. But, as we've explored in previous chapters… Automation lacks intent, lacks understanding—of the moment, of the individuals, of the location. [BSTR]: A-I as infrastructural ally is the goal, especially when considering a project on the scale of the UESC Marathon—its active operations, its continued construction, its intended expansion of function and space, and the comfort of every individual within its overlapping tiers of leadership and citizenry. [BSTR]: Imagine a door that knows your cadence and can open or close in step with the rhythm of your movement. A thermostat that can assess and adapt a room for the combination of peoples present and their individual thresholds for comfort. [BSTR]: Imagine a building that knows our ambulatory selves on a level we've never personally considered. [BSTR]: Now, put that building inside a moon and send it across the stars… [END TRANSCRIPT] =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [ ]