O’Keefe – Velocity Weapon (The Protectorate)

Book page: okeefe-catalyst-gate-protectorate

From: Quotes batch 17

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Concept

“A velocity weapon is effective not because of its mass, but because of the speed at which it forces its target to make a choice.” (p. 15)

Behavior

“People treat an AI like a tool until it starts behaving like a person, at which point they treat it like a monster.” (p. 108)

Game Theory

“The ‘Standoff’ is a game of chicken where the first person to blink is usually the only one who survives.” (p. 225)

Cognition

“The ship’s mind thinks in nanoseconds; to it, a human conversation is like watching a glacier move.” (p. 154)

Memory

“Losing two hundred years of history is like waking up in a house where all the furniture has been rearranged by strangers.” (p. 62)