Holographic Aids are a branch of programming that grew out of the work of Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, not aimed at the Military but the civilian markets. The original intention is to provide services for which qualified personnel of adequate skills are not available or are not feasible to obtain.
The initial work in this field can be found across hundreds of star systems in the Milky Way Galaxy, but this branch began with one such attendant and assistant known as Haley who was a constant companion for Dr. Zimmerman. Newer iterations of the concept are nowhere as sophisticated and with purpose, they are designed to fulfil a function without requiring large resources or maintenance. For the civilian markets, as a matter of course, they are restricted in size, skillset, and skill level. While more advanced models are known to exist, they are typically for high level use in the UFP government facilities such as the Archives at Starfleet Command or providing aid to diplomats.
Since 2440 and the signing of P.L. 116658A, all of the products on lease were taken offline until they could be tested. The programmers of HSI split their efforts between proactively testing and reworking the matrix their products were based upon. In 2443, after vigorous testing of their products and reengineering them, the HSI lobbied for the relaxing of restrictions to allow for dispensing their products once again to a needful clientelle.
HSI out of Titan is one civilian corporation that stands out in the market, and provides services as a direct contractor to the UFP. Their work is a trusted source due to their reputation for stability.
AI vs Computer Processing[]
The development of Artificial Intelligence for computer systems has seen hundreds of starts, and restarts in the history of the UFP and the constituent planets. Though debate over the value of Artificial Intelligence has weighed heavily both forth and against in the past thousand years on different worlds, exposure to Artificial Intelligence from a distant galaxy has tipped the scales heavily in the for column.
In 2404, some significant changes were begun to propagate through the courts to recognize rights of Artificial life officially. In 2440 the passing of P.L. 116658A by the Federation Council finally created a legal standard by which artificial life forms and photonics could be verified as sentient and be recognized as life forms with individual rights.
A computer can be designed with predictive algorithms and highly adaptive programming, it can even simulate decision making of organic species. It however, is not considered Artificially Intelligent, despite misnomers of such in use for centuries when attempting to declare a system or program to be more advanced then another. For a time, a decision making matrix that was capable of choosing actions without input from a user were referred to as AI. These became more and more complex as computers became more complex, and nearly indistinguishable from true Artificial Intelligence. In the history of the Federation, the few verified examples of AI have been the creations of extreme genius and not duplicated by others, or quite by accident.
Then what makes a true AI? Attempts have been made since the early days of the 21st century on Earth to develop a computer capable of thinking like an organic machine or humanoid. The key belief of the time was the need to duplicate the synaptic process of neurons communicating in order to go beyond a pre-programmed decision matrix and branch into intuitive and dynamic creativity necessary to be truly Artificially Intelligent. Noonian Soong accomplished the creation of a positron matrix which developed and grew artificial neurons which is a gold standard key example of the science that has been nearly impossible to recreate. Other Positronic matrices have been created in many efforts to recreate the example of Data, each falling short. Several accidental occurrences of true Artificial Intelligence have been subject to retrial and all fallen short as well.
The one thing that every truly Artificial Intelligence has, is time online (hours of continuous operation). It would seem that a missing key that is nearly always attempted to be shortcut, is time. Data was not fully self aware or deemed an artificial lifeform until he was online long enough to fully integrate all of the data in his memory into a cohesive network of information that could be accessed not only in rote access, but in such a way as to inspire a creative reinterpretation of that data memory.
Computer engineers are of two camps when it comes to Artificial Intelligence, one camp wishes to see more develop thus understand the spark in the moment of creation of a new life, the other camp wishes to avoid the factors which have caused that spark to occurs in order to maintain full control over the tools they develop. Daystrom Institute and others sponsor the research into AI for purely the search for knowledge. HSI out of Titan makes specific efforts to develop complex decision matrices that can simulate intelligence without crossing the line into life.
P.L. 116658A passed in 2440 required that the holographic matrix design of Dr. Lewis Zimmerman that has been at the core of almost every self aware hologram or now deemed "Photonic Sentient" requires special dispensation to use due to the ability to create artificial life.
New generations of HSI Holographic Aids, are based off of an entirely original matrix designed to work with the new generation holographic systems to ensure that the holographic tools are only simulating intelligence and can never attain sentience even if protective subroutines are removed and the tools are online continuously.
Legal Disclosure[]
2425[]
The HSI EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) for Holographic Aids requires system restarts at regular intervals that cause the program matrix to be reset and avoid the long term operating error that has lead to either true or simulated life coming from a computer programmed tool which would take the tool out of the control of the user. During the normal periods of operation, regular communications will include system security and operation updates which improve the overall operating experience, and will be installed and activated upon restart.
2443[]
The HSI EULA (End User Licensing Agreement) for Holographic Aids automatically triggers system restarts at regular intervals that cause the program matrix to be reset and avoid the long term operating error that has lead earlier iterations to either display true or simulated life coming from a computer programmed tool which would take the tool out of the control of the user. During the normal periods of operation, regular communications will include system security and operation updates which improve the overall operating experience, and will be installed and activated upon restart.
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- Holly (Hologram)
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- Holographic Solutions Incorporated
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