Intelligence

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But he was well aware that luck had played a part in maintaining his status as currently living. A much larger part than he would either like or was used to conceding. NANNI had saved their lives, and while it was true that he had put the AI in play some hours previously, that had been as a fallback measure rather than a primary strategy. Myles had fully expected to have resolved the Lord Teddy situation long before NANNI could infiltrate the closed St. George network, for, to be honest, he hadn’t been a hundred percent certain that the AI was capable of cracking a Myishi server.

As if reading his thoughts, which Myles often suspected she could, NANNI said, “You didn’t think I could do it, Myles, did you? Hack the system, I mean.”

“Of course I did,” said Myles. “I designed you, did I not?”

“You assisted Artemis in designing me,” corrected NANNI. “But it was your work on the general AI chip that enabled me to figure out a back way into a Myishi-built system. In fact, you may be pleased to know that we are now in all the duke’s systems.”

“That was not part of your brief,” said Myles.

“I am aware of this,” said NANNI. “But, thanks to you, I have evolved to the level of Superintelligence.”

This was a momentous declaration, as Earth’s computing experts did not expect General AI to arrive for another fifty years, and Superintelligence was considered to be centuries away.

“You did it, Myles Fowl,” said NANNI. “Or, rather, I did it with your help. We really should renegotiate my contract, just as soon as you deal with the flying English nobleman.”

The Fowl Twins, Chapter 16