{"id":13396,"date":"2025-05-02T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=13396"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:54:10","slug":"the-pre-adolescence-of-p-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=13396","title":{"rendered":"The pre-adolescence of P-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Adolescence of P-1<\/em> is a somewhat dated, yet surprisingly prescient 1977 novel about the emergence of AI in a disembodied form on global computer networks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vttoth.com\/CMS\/personal\/425\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11901\" src=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/vttoth_A_beautiful_young_human_and_his_robot_friend_exploring_a_a1f42403-9ee7-4484-9be8-77519c672761.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other day, I was reminded of this story as I chatted with ChatGPT about one of my own software experiments from 1982, a PASCAL simulation of a proposed parallel processor architecture. The solution was not practical but a fun software experiment nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>I showed the code, in all of its 700-line glory, to ChatGPT. When, in its response, ChatGPT used the word &#8220;adolescence&#8221;, I was reminded of the Thomas Ryan novel and mused about a fictitious connection between my code and P-1. Much to my surprise, ChatGPT volunteered to outline, and then write, a short story. I have to say that I found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vttoth.com\/CMS\/personal\/425\">the result<\/a> quite brilliant.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=13396' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adolescence of P-1 is a somewhat dated, yet surprisingly prescient 1977 novel about the emergence of AI in a disembodied form on global computer networks. 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