Monday, November 12, 2018

From FIANCHETTO: How to name an AI; Introducing Victor Leventon



Below are two short excerpts from my current work in progress, FIANCHETTO. As the manuscript grew very long, I was advised to split it into at least two books. So I have. Book 1, finished, is making it rounds. Book 2 is about 75% finished.

The first excerpt explains the naming conventions for AIs in 2055. The second excerpt is a sample news item from the ubiquitous show "Your/World Live!"

"Your/World" is my name for the all-encompassing world network of data, entertainment, and communications that exists in the novel.

(The ms. formatting has been modified to fit the blog page.)


From the international agreement on the Regulation of Artificial Intelligences, first ratified at the 2030 Your/World Conference in Mexico City (modified 2039, 2044, and 2052):

Article 5: All artificial intelligences classified as Generation 2 and later will be identified by a singular name, in the form of a noun or adjective. This name will be used in all communication by and concerning the device. Each name will be registered with the Your/World Conference, and no two intelligences may have the same name. The device designation may be in any recognized language, including extinct ones (e.g., Latin). Owners and operators of named intelligences are encouraged to use their local language when naming a device. As an orthographic convention, intelligence names must be rendered in ALL CAPITAL letters. This provision does not apply to languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, et. al.) in which the Capital/Lower Case convention does not exist. In those languages a special character should be developed to indicate a designation is for an artificial intelligence.

[In Japan, "artificial intelligence" is 人工知能 (Jinkō chinō), and common usage has created the contraction じん の (Jin no). Thus the Tokyo Metro AI known as KAGAMI is formally known as JIN NO KAGAMI in Japan.]

The use of actual proper names is discouraged, as is the use of propagandistic names.

APPROVED STYLE: NAAG (India, "Snake"), XING (China, "Capable"), FROST (U.S. Weather Service), ÁBACO (Brazil, "Abacus"), KAGAMI (Japan, "Mirror"), UPEPO (Tanzania, "Wind"), BULU (Indonesia, "Feather"), MOLNIYA (Russia, "Lightning").

Older device names in styles no longer sanctioned: MEFISTO (Germany, a demon), KILIÇ (Turkey, "Sword"), CESARE (Italy, "Caesar"), BOB (United Kingdom), ESCLAVO (Chile, "Slave"), Θεά (Greece, "Theá," "Goddess"), BETTY (United States).

Disregard of proper nomenclature will result in the withholding of Your/World certification of the artificial intelligence and its operators.

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Your/World, Thursday. April 1, 2055

It's 12 Noon Greenwich Mean Time, and this is Your/World Live! . . . Votre/Monde en Direct! . . . Nǐ de shìjiè huózhe!. . . Aapki duniya jee rahee hai! . . . Tu Mundo en vivo!

In Your/World today, a new chess prodigy is preparing to challenge for the world chess championship. A 25 year-old electrical engineer, American Victor Leventon, has entered negotiations with Hortalez et Cie and the Russian technical consortium Zhestkiye Nomera to play their respective artificial intelligences for the world chess title.

Artificial Intelligences have held the chess championship for the past thirty years. The last human champion, Anatoly Sherschansky, lost the title after a lengthy match against the early AI MEFISTO in 2025. Since then, the world champion title has passed from AI to AI. The current chess champion, the Swiss AI known as FORT, has held the title since 2053. Rated second in the world is the Zhestkiye Nomera device, ARAKHNA.

Mr. Leventon, who was unknown to the world of chess three years ago, shocked the cybernetic community last year by beating three powerful AIs: China's XING, the Indian university champion NAAG, and most spectacularly, the Turkish government's machine KILIÇ. KILIÇ was built for the Turkish military to analyze defense arrangements and create battle strategy. As part of its training, KILIÇ was instructed in chess, and quickly established itself as a bold and dangerous opponent. It was the first AI to defeat Mr. Leventon, winning the third game of their match. Leventon won the nine game challenge 6-1, with four wins, four draws, and single defeat. To date, no one, human or AI, has managed to defeat Leventon more than once.

Currently, talks are under way to settle the arrangements for the great double match. FIDE, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, has refused to recognize the games, citing the fact that Leventon is not a member of any affiliated chess organization and has no official chess rating. Some insiders have claimed that if calculated using the standard Elo system, Leventon might have a rating as high as 4000. Current champion FORT is rated at 3633. ARAKHNA is listed at 3490.

Sources in Russia report the match against ARAKHNA may occur as soon as the summer, with a possible championship meeting with FORT by autumn.
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Referring to my earlier posted sample from FIANCHETTO, Victor is the boy who went wading in the stream and was so excited to see an airplane.  

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