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Three weeks after [[the Singularity]], [[Susan Moore (Holding Pattern)|Susan Moore]] is [[hypnosis|hypnotically]] visited by representatives of [[Earth]]'s [[computer]]s while on an [[ | Three weeks after [[the Singularity]], [[Susan Moore (Holding Pattern)|Susan Moore]] is [[hypnosis|hypnotically]] visited by representatives of [[Earth]]'s [[computer]]s while on an [[aeroplane]]. They are seeking her advice regarding an alliance with an advanced [[alien]] [[artificial intelligence|machine intelligence]]. | ||
A stranger from the [[future]], [[Adam (Holding Pattern)|Adam]], explains to Sue and [[Steph Lincoln|the stewardess]] that [[human]] civilization will undergo [[the Climb]] in a few decades and, using [[vunktotechnology]], control the [[superforce]] to harness unimaginable powers such as [[space weft]]s and [[time travel]]. These future humans are engaged in a struggle with the machine intelligence for control of the centre of the [[galaxy]]. | A stranger from the [[future]], [[Adam (Holding Pattern)|Adam]], explains to Sue and [[Steph Lincoln|the stewardess]] that [[human]] civilization will undergo [[the Climb]] in a few decades and, using [[vunktotechnology]], control the [[superforce]] to harness unimaginable powers such as [[space weft]]s and [[time travel]]. These future humans are engaged in a struggle with the machine intelligence for control of the centre of the [[galaxy]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 16 January 2023
- You may be looking for the Faction Paradox short story of the same name.
Holding Pattern was a 2010 digital short story written by Lance Parkin as a standalone tie-in to his 2008 Tenth Doctor novel The Eyeless.
Summary
Three weeks after the Singularity, Susan Moore is hypnotically visited by representatives of Earth's computers while on an aeroplane. They are seeking her advice regarding an alliance with an advanced alien machine intelligence.
A stranger from the future, Adam, explains to Sue and the stewardess that human civilization will undergo the Climb in a few decades and, using vunktotechnology, control the superforce to harness unimaginable powers such as space wefts and time travel. These future humans are engaged in a struggle with the machine intelligence for control of the centre of the galaxy.
Adam and Sue work together to present Earth's computers with an argument concerning Moore's law, which convinces them to decline the alliance and release their control of Earth. Adam then gives Sue part of his time gem for protection and returns to the future, revealing his year of birth: 2057.
Characters
References
- The computers demonstrated their attainment of the Singularity by publishing proofs of P=NP and the Chess Equation.
Notes
- Parkin wrote the short story in 2007[1] while writing The Eyeless. As a result, the novel contains many references to the story, which wasn't published until the creation of LanceParkin.Wordpress.com in 2010.[2]
Continuity
- Sue compares the computers' decision-making to Mr. Spock's. (PROSE: The Face of the Enemy, COMIC: Assimilation²)
- Vunktotechnology allows for manipulation of the superforce. (PROSE: The Eyeless)
- Adam comments that he knows his history and that computers aren't supposed to take over the world in 2008. (TV: The Sound of Drums)
External links
- Holding Pattern full text online
