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> комменты про недопустимость называния мясных учителей мясными (а что, "кожаный мешок" или учитель-на-wetware было бы лучше?)
1. EXPERT SYSTEMS. When Nikolai Leng was a child, his teacher was a cybernetic system with a holographic interface. The holo took the form of a young Shaper woman. Its "personality" was an interactive composite expert system manufactured by Shaper psychotechs. Nikolai loved it.
2. NEVER BORN. "You mean we all came from Earth?" said Nikolai, unbelieving.
"Yes," the holo said kindly. "The first true settlers in space were born on Earth—produced by sexual means. Of course, hundreds of years have passed since then. You are a Shaper. Shapers are never born."
"Who lives on Earth now?"
"Human beings."
"Ohhhh," said Nikolai, his falling tones betraying a rapid loss of interest.