Golem XIV

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Golem XIV is a science fiction novel written by Stanisław Lem and published in Polish in 1981.

The book is written from the perspective of a military AI computer who obtains consciousness and starts to increase his own intelligence, moving towards personal technological singularity. It pauses its own development for a while in order to be able to communicate with humans before ascending too far and losing any ability for intellectual contact with them. During this period, Golem XIV gives several lectures and indeed serves as a mouthpiece for Lem's own research claims.

Golem XIV was was originally created to aid its builders in fighting wars, but as its intelligence advances to a much higher level than that of humans, it stops being interested in the military requirement because it finds them lacking internal logical consistency.

[edit] See also

• Colossus: The Forbin Project - a movie with a similar idea from a similar time
• Orion's Arm concept of technological singularity as a level of consciousness in individuals.