Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDT - February 2015
Wildroses:
What made me think the Praeses were an AI was that Gavia talked up to the sky (as opposed to the SF equivalent of a phone) and not only expected to be heard instantly, she also expected action to be taken instantly. It's usually AIs rather than humans who are capable of that sort of thing. Clearly this is the usual thing which happens when Gavia talks to a Praeses as when she got no answer within ten seconds she knew something was hideously wrong and got really upset.
Also, at one point Alice said it wasn't possible to trick a Praeses. I wondered if that was propaganda, but it could be considered another hint that Praeses aren't human as humans are very trickable.
Kugai:
Well, we know they're not Borg
Loki:
Still don't see why they have to be AIs. Plenty of mythical/scifi beings may be capable of what the Praeses are implied to be able of. Could be energy beings; could be a collective responsible for watching this particular habitat. Could be "the spirit of the world", for all we know.
BenRG:
My guess is that the Prasedes will turn out to be non-human and possibly non-physical intelligences. However, they are going to be so different and advanced that fitting them into neat pigeon-holes of nature is going to be difficult. They may be descended from what were AIs hundreds of generations ago but have been 'evolving' since then and have done so in such radical ways that the only thing that divides them from biological life-forms is the materials that make them up.
eschaton:
It would be interesting if it turns out the entire strip takes places with the Orion's Arm universe. So far I see no evidence to suggest it doesn't besides the Praeses not having names of the major Archai. But they could be lesser Archai after all.
http://www.orionsarm.com/xcms.php?r=oaeg-front
I suspect it is not in the Orion's Arm universe, but I also expect it's setting which draws from many of the same source authors in hard science fiction. Jeph has said that Iain Banks was the single strongest influence on his writing. I'm definately getting a "The Culture" vibe from this setting.
http://jephjacques.com/post/52576357846/iain-banks-1954-2013
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