From: utzoo!decvax!cca!fortune!megatest!sun!gnu@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Remote mining using AI to alleviate speed-of-light problems Article-I.D.: sun.107 Posted: Thu Sep 2 23:16:48 1982 Received: Wed Sep 8 06:23:51 1982 I seem to recall an article by Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle a year or so ago about remote mining on the moon, using artificial intelligence techniques on the remote end to avoid the robot's breaking things (or itself) during the round-trip delay. It wouldn't have to be able to run itself -- just stop itself. Maybe JEP or someone can provide the reference? (It could have been the space advisory board report.)